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The Wars of the Roses, II

Tides of History

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"For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings," Shakespeare writes. "Within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king keeps death his court", he adds. In Richard II Act III, scene 2, King Richard is killed by an assassin in battle.

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