Richard III - Makers of History

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Richard III, by Jacob AbbottThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Richard IIIMakers of HistoryAuthor: Jacob AbbottRelease Date: April 12, 2009 [EBook #28561]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RICHARD III ***Produced by D Alexander and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive)Makers of HistoryRichard III.By JACOB ABBOTTWITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDONHARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS1901Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eighthundred and fifty-eight, byHARPER & BROTHERS,in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern Districtof New York.Copyright, 1886, by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, LymanAbbott, and Edward Abbott.THE ROYAL CHAMPION. THE ROYAL CHAMPION.PREFACE.King Richard the Third, known commonly in history as Richard the Usurper, was perhaps as bad a man as the principleof hereditary sovereignty ever raised to the throne, or perhaps it should rather be said, as the principle of hereditarysovereignty ever made. There is no evidence that his natural disposition was marked with any peculiar depravity. He wasmade ...