The White Boar and the Red Dragon: a Novel About Richard of Gloucester,Later King Richard 111 and Henry Tudor
Author | : Margaret W Price |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2013-03-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479782222 |
ISBN-13 | : 147978222X |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: GEORGE OF CLARENCE.THE TOWER OF LONDON. SUMMER 1477. "------I- HAVE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME.I KNOW IT! I WILL BE LUCKY TO ESCAPE WITH MY LIFE! I DO NOT THINK I WILL----- ---------I FEEL I WILL NOT BE LONG HERE.EDWARD WILL EITHER RELEASE ME SOON OR HAVE ME EXECUTED---AND SOMETHING TELLS ME IT WILL BE THE LATTER---- --------WILL RICHARD PERSUADE THE KING TO LET ME LIVE? I THINK THE KING WILL BE ADAMANT. HE IS AFRAID OF ME,YOU SEE,AFRAID OF WHAT HE SUSPECTS I KNOW! HE WILL DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A SECRET ABOUT HIM THAT I FOUND OUT BY ACCIDENT! IF REVEALED,IT WOULD BLOW HIS WORLD APART AND THAT OF HIS VICIOUS QUEEN--WHO IS NO QUEEN IN TRUTH---AND THAT OF HIS CHILDREN! -------THE WHOLE SUCCESSION WOULD BE PUT IN JEOPARDY! HE IS TERRIFIED THAT I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH AND TELL WHAT I KNOW! SO HE CANNOT LET ME LIVE,FEARING WHAT I COULD DO WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE! I AM TO DIE,NOT FOR MY MANY INDISCRETIONS,MY JEALOUSY OF HIM,OR MY PAST TREACHERY-HE FORGAVE ME THAT-BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT I KNOW AND COULD REVEAL AT ANY TIME!---I COULD DESTROY THEM ALL! "