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The end of the war comes suddenly when the reigning King and his heir are killed by the Commander-in-Chief of the York faction, Richard of Gloucester.

Anne has married Richard III, after being wooed while following her father in law's coffin. Anne now laments her position, as Richard's wife and what may happen. Richard, a deformed duke ...

Margaret finds great joy in the final outcome for all that have wronged the throne. Richard, a deformed duke, plans to upturn the peace that has fallen on England, and seize the throne.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard III on Sunday 6th July 1483. The day before he and his Queen Anne (Neville) rode in procession from the Tower of London to Westminster.

As charismatic as he is cunning, as strangely seductive as he is utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he manoeuvres and murders his way to the ...