3.4“I can smile, and murder while I smile”/ December 29, 1995
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
“I can smile, and murder while I smile”
Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
The Duke of Buckingham
Earl Rivers
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Lady Anne
James Tyrrell
Duchess of York
William Catesby
Lord Stanley
The Duke of Clarence
Lord Hastings
The Earl of Richmond
