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puppets. The story IS one or intrigue
and of battle. centering nomInally In
the Wars of the Roses and the strug-
giles of the two great houses Of York
and Lancaster; yet the interest Is far
larger than a mere dynastic one; the
rise of the middle class TO power at
the expense OF the baronlal. the
growth of national spirit In place
of mere individual loyalty to feudai
chiefta.n, is the important thing In this
manifestation of class-cOnsciOusness.
the plain people uniting with the trad
ing townsmen against the mobiles.
The great earl, who had made Ed
ward the Fourth king. found himself
for very personal reasons trying to
unseat that prince and to put In his
place another Edward, Of the house OF
Lancaster. heir to Henry the Sixth.
whom Edward Of York was holding
prisoner In the Tower. Yet Warwick's
path was not an easy one; while his
younger daughter was married to Ed
ward of Lancaster, his other daughter.
Isabel was the wife Of the kings
younger brother Clarence, who was as
yet the male heir to the throne. How
ever things might go, Warwick might
some day sit upon the throne OF Eng
land-tf one did not take thought OF
the possibilities that lay hidden behind
the lnscrutable smile of the kings
youngest brother, Richard, duke OF
Gloucester. But Warwick was at
heart fighting the battle Of aristocracy,
while the king was with the current
which was converting an agricultural
| into a trading population. With War
wick was his powerful fighting broth
er, Montagu; with hlm-or against
him, who could teli?--was his other
brother, the faclle archbishop who
aspired to be pope, whose mansion
was at once a school for youth, a court
for middle life. an asylum for age,
whittier as to Medici fled the let
tiers and the arts.
In the end Warwick found himself
in open battle against the king he had
placed upon the throne. The impetu-
Gus and fiery temperament of Edward
the Fourth was rendered yet more
fearful by the indulgence of every in
temperance. His very virtues strength
ened his vices; his courage stifed ev-
cry whisper. 1t almost seemed as II
he loved to provoke danger for the
! pleasure II gave his brain to battle or
his hand to crush IT, And yet he Ind
shrewd policy which perhaps drew
him knowingly into the quarrel with
Warwick, which merely his evil pas
slons seemed TO provoke. II wish to
raise a fresh nobility" he said. "tb
counteract the pride Of the old; only
upon new mobiles can new dynasty
rely" This was the Yorhist principle
of humbllng the baronlal and raising
, the middle class. II was easy Of exc
cution ut period when martial aris-
tocracy was beginning to merge into
voluptueus court.
Warwick was defending freedom for
the barons. Robin Hllyard was strug-
, Cling TO win freedom for the people as
against king and mobiles. Yet the earl
and Robin found themselves fighting
in the same army. "Neither white
!. rose nor red shall be on my banner.
cried Ililyard, hut our standard shall
be the CORY head Of the first oppressor
, we can place upon pole. We are
: taxed, ground, pillaged, plundered-
sheen. maintained to be sheared for
your peace or butchered for your war
: Through the cause of the gentle Henry
/ In the Tower Robin saw greater free
dom for the people.
War IS not the only theme Of the
: book, however. The intrigues Of the
: queens family. the patient diplomac,
of the bitter and revengeful Margare
Of Anjou, queen of the king In thu
!, Tower, the love of the gentle Ann'
!. Neville for Margaret's son Edward. thu
influence of royal marriages on thu
fate of nations, the struggles Of tn
: Lollards, predecessors OF the Puritan
: who caused Charles the First 50 mucl
: trouble; the fine Italian hand of R'ch
: ard, duke Of Gloucester: the long ant
!, patient toll of Adam Warner, schola
:. who dreamed Of Harvesting steam 3
: his machine Eureka to do the work o
= the world long before the world wa
= ready to have Its work. done by an
= such magical means; the chicanery o
!. Friar Bungey. adept In all the secrs
: arts Of the time, who thought TO stea
N poor Adams secret from him: bu
3 above all else the troubled tale Of low
e, of the beautiful daughter Of the scho
ar. Sibyll. and the great and powerfs
le Lord Hastings. with fate ever pia,
n ing cruel turns against the girl a. we
a. as against the father-all these 81
81 part Of this fascinating historical n
L nance which author and public unite
"a In calling one Of the best that csni
o. from the prolific pen Of Bulwer Ly
III ton.
rs Warwick lost and Edward won. An
n with the earl persisted Hilyard. b.
rs as he braveiy met his death Rob
re cried: the People are never beaten
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