The frightened queen seeks sanctuary for her son. Lord Rivers, Lord Grey, and Sir Thomas Vaughan are imprisoned by Richard and are executed.

Buckingham, now Richard's 'second self,' promises to separate the prince from the queen's kindred. When the young Prince Edward is sent for from Ludlow to be crowned, Richard moves quickly to meet this turn of events. The remorseful king learns that Clarence has been put to death before he himself dies. Richard joins the other members of the hostile factions in solemnly vowing in the presence of the dying Edward to hold the peace. Hired murderers carry out his instructions to put Clarence to death. As part of his plan, Richard succeeds in convincing Hastings and Buckingham that the queen and her faction are to blame for Clarence's imprisonment. Next, he wins the hand of Lady Anne, even as she follows the hearse bearing the body of the murdered Henry VI. He first manages to turn Edward against the Duke of Clarence, who is imprisoned in the Tower on the charge of treason. Production notes: This ebook of King Henry the Sixth, Part 2 was published by Global Grey in 2018.The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) being over, Richard of Gloucester determines to gain the throne occupied by his brother, Edward IV. This book has 162 pages in the PDF version, and was originally written in 1591. Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World set.

As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans.

Whereas 1 Henry VI deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 3 Henry VI deals with the horrors of that conflict, 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict.

Henry VI, Part 2 (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. King Henry the Sixth, Part 2 William ShakespeareĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. Buy the entire collection (over 2,400 ebooks) for only £15.

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