The Last Plantagenets

PART ONE: THE KING WHO LOST A SHOE A Prince Is Born 3(7) The Struggle over the Succession 10(10) The King Who Lost a Shoe 20(4) Passed Over, Tolerated, Winked At! 24(8) The First English Bible 32(5) When the Bell Was Rungen 37(7) The Blaze Spreads 44(5) The Voice of John Ball 49(6) Not a Blow Struck, Not a Head Broken 55(9) The Boy King Takes Hold 64(8) ``I Will Be Your Chief and Captain'' 72(5) The Days of Retribution 77(4) The Gay Court of the Young King 81(11) Good Queen Anne 92(10) The Bully of Woodstock 102(10) The Daring Grocer 112(3) The King's Favorite 115(9) England Faces Invasion 124(6) The Merciless Parliament 130(10) The King Raises a Hand 140(8) The Death of Good Queen Anne 148(8) The Days of Development 156(5) ``I Shall Then Be a Great Lady'' 161(8) The King Strikes 169(8) ``Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay'' 177(10) The Absolute King 187(6) Two of the Five 193(6) The Great Mistakes 199(7) The King Had No Horses and No Men 206(10) The Little Queen Fights for the Throne 216(6) The King Who Lost His Life 222(9) PART TWO: THE RED AND THE WHITE A Sick King and a Dull Reign 231(7) The Welsh Magician 238(13) The King and Fair Kate 251(18) The Red and the White 269(15) The Gentle Henry 284(7) The Fourth Edward 291(4) The Kingmaker 295(18) The Queen of Sorrows and Enmities 313(6) The Butt of Malmsey 319(7) William Caxton 326(9) PART THREE: THE GREAT MYSTERY The Whipping Boy 335(3) How It Began 338(4) Throwing the Book 342(10) The King Is Dead, Long Live the King 352(9) Richard Takes the Throne 361(7) A Short and Unhappy Reign 368(7) On Bosworth Field 375(5) Some Curious Measures and Omissions 380(6) The Murder of the Princes 386(6) The Great Impersonations 392(6) The Hired Historian 398(4) The Bones in the Tower 402(4) The Evidence of an Eyewitness 406(3) A Personal Postscript 409(3) Index 412