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* UnholyMatrimony: George and Isabel may be treacherous, ambitious and grasping, but they deeply love each other.
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* UnholyMatrimony: George and Isabel may be treacherous, ambitious and grasping, but they deeply love each other.other.
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* BigSisterInstinct: UsefulNotes/MargaretOfYork, Duchess of Burgundy, is a tough young woman and a loving sister to Edward, George and Richard, though Richard notices she favors George.
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* BigSisterInstinct: UsefulNotes/MargaretOfYork, Duchess of Burgundy, is a tough young woman and a loving sister to Edward, George and Richard, though Richard notices she favors George. When Edward is deposed, she lobbies her husband for aid for Edward and negotiates George's return to the family.
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* NobilityMarriesMoney: Richard needs to marry a wealthy heiress, and his childhood friend Anne Neville fits the bill. Her fortune is at least part of the reason he is so motivated to marry her after she is widowed, but the fact that he likes her and George is trying to steal her fortune and keep her from Richard factors in as well. When they finally do marry, Richard falls in love with her and is very grateful that he found love with someone he married for practical reasons.
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''Vous Me Lie'' (2021): An adolescent Richard comes into his own as a Duke and a knight, making both friends and enemies along the way. He fathers two children with his mistresses, hones his military skills and copes with the rift between his mentor Warwick and his brother the king over the king’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.
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''Vous Me Lie'' (2021): An adolescent Richard comes into his own as a Duke and a knight, making both friends and enemies along the way. He fathers two children with his mistresses, hones his military skills and copes with navigates the rift between his mentor Warwick and his brother the king over the king’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician:
** In general, being the youngest son of an aristocratic family means Richard initially has no lands and money and is expected to marry to get them. Even as his brother rewards him with lands and properties, those are expensive to maintain. He still struggles to maintain the lifestyle expected of a royal duke, not to mention support the two illegitimate children he has.
** When Richard flees into exile after Edward is deposed, he literally doesn't have a dime to his name and has to beg for money from potential allies just to survive.
** Anne suffers from this as she starts as a great heiress, becomes Princess of Wales and then is stripped of it all. George intends to take all of her money, and only Richard's intervention restores any of her wealth.
** In general, being the youngest son of an aristocratic family means Richard initially has no lands and money and is expected to marry to get them. Even as his brother rewards him with lands and properties, those are expensive to maintain. He still struggles to maintain the lifestyle expected of a royal duke, not to mention support the two illegitimate children he has.
** When Richard flees into exile after Edward is deposed, he literally doesn't have a dime to his name and has to beg for money from potential allies just to survive.
** Anne suffers from this as she starts as a great heiress, becomes Princess of Wales and then is stripped of it all. George intends to take all of her money, and only Richard's intervention restores any of her wealth.
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* GardenOfLove: While she is in sanctuary, Richard and Anne meet in the monastery's garden and get to know each other, sharing their FirstKiss there.
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* EasilyOverheardConversation: EasilyOverheardConversation and ExactEavesdropping:
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Richard reaches his limit over George's efforts to keep him and Anne apart. He reminds George that while George is bigger, Richard was always the better fighter. He beats up George until George pulls a dagger. Then, Edward emerges and violently separates them before delivering his own beatdown on George.
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* DarkLadyAndBlackKnight: George and Isobel deeply love each other and support each others dark ambitions. She wants him to have the crown; he wants her to have all of her mother's fortune, cutting out her younger sister. They scheme and plot, but they are ultimately thwarted and, ironically, their BrightLadyAndWhiteKnight younger siblings get everything they desired without seeking any of it.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Ned loves Elizabeth Woodville so much he is absolutely blind to her faults and her scheming. He fully admits this to Richard, though he likely doesn't see [[spoiler: her actually murdering him]] coming.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Richard doesn't trust Will Hastings, and wouldn't you know it? He's right. If only he had realized in time about Buckingham...
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* CreepyCatholicism: Catholicism infuses every aspect of all the characters lives. Sometimes, it's quite a positive force, such as monasteries serving as Medieval Air B&Bs, but often it's quite eerie. Monks spy on Richard and Anne while she is in sanctuary, shrines and chapels are described in otherworldly detail and characters are perpetually praying and confessing. Moreover, this is a world where the church has power and if you break the rules, such as committing bigamy, that matters.
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* OneSteveLimit: Seriously averted since everyone is named after everyone else. There is an abundance of Edwards, Richards, Johns and Annes. Richard of Gloucester and his wife Anne even remark on this, and the book makes it clear that Richard's brother the king Edward had expected them to name their son after him, to which the couple agrees.
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* PlatonicProstitution: Jockey takes Richard to a brothel to loose his virginity. The prostitute who takes him to her room recognizes that Richard, who is very young, does not want to be there. So, they talk and play chess all night, with Jockey none the wiser. Richard later has several liaisons before he marries Anne, but he's never interested in harlots.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Richard knows his nephews are a threat, but he knows ''killing children'' is immoral, and on top of that, if anything happened to them under his watch he'd be blamed. He resists Buckingham's pressure to have them eliminated.
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* ForegoneConclusion: History shows that TheHeroDies.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Henry Stafford definitely would and does.
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* TheCoronerDothProtestToMuch: Edward decides to have Henry VI killed and sends Richard to supervise, though he doesn't make Richard do it by his own hand. They tell everyone it was natural causes.
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* TheCoronerDothProtestToMuch: TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: Edward decides to have Henry VI killed and sends Richard to supervise, though he doesn't make Richard do it by his own hand. They tell everyone it was natural causes.
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* PrincessInRags: George locks up Anne as a servant but Richard finds her.
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** George locks up Anne as a servant but Richard findsher.her.
** Gender swapped when Richard arrives in Bruges after Warwick deposes Edward. Richard, who is at the time heir to the throne thanks to George's treason, has no money and only the clothes on his back, which are in tatters.
** George locks up Anne as a servant but Richard finds
** Gender swapped when Richard arrives in Bruges after Warwick deposes Edward. Richard, who is at the time heir to the throne thanks to George's treason, has no money and only the clothes on his back, which are in tatters.
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* TheCoronerDothProtestToMuch: Edward decides to have Henry VI killed and sends Richard to supervise, though he doesn't make Richard do it by his own hand. They tell everyone it was natural causes.
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* DoubleInLawMarriage: George marries Isabel Neville and Richard eventually marries Isabel's little sister Anne.
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* SmugSnake: Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham oozes smugness, even as a child.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, is a tough young woman and a loving sister to Edward, George and Richard, though Richard notices she favors George.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Margaret of York, UsefulNotes/MargaretOfYork, Duchess of Burgundy, is a tough young woman and a loving sister to Edward, George and Richard, though Richard notices she favors George.
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* KingIncognito: Richard gets lost in the woods as a teenager, comes upon a tavern and decides to have a drink there, despite the fact it's not the type of place that usually hosts a royal duke.
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* KingIncognito: Richard gets lost in the woods as a teenager, comes upon a young girl who takes him to a tavern. He claims to be Jockey's squire, which is impressive enough to the tavern owners, who ply him with drink. They are really impressed when Jockey arrives and decides to have a drink there, despite the fact it's not the type of place that usually hosts a royal duke. calls Richard "Lord Richard" but they never do find out just how high ranking he is.
