False, Fleeting, Perjur'd Clarence: George, Duke of Clarence 1449-78

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Headstart History, 1992 - Great Britain - 239 pages
Clarence's reputation results very largely from the writings of Shakespeare. His play, Richard III, underlines Clarence's inconsistency, the ease with which he broke oaths, his lack of loyalty: it also perpetuates the idea of CLarence's death in a butt of Malmsey.

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