History of King Richard III


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The History of King Richard the Third


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The History of King Richard the Third is Thomas More's English masterpiece. With the help of Shakespeare, whose Richard the Third took More's work as its principal model, the History determined the historical reputation of an English king and spawned a seemingly endless controversy about the justness of that reputation. George M. Logan has produced a scholarly yet accessible edition of the History, designed to make More's exhilarating work fully accessible to 21st-century readers. More's text is presented here with modern English spelling and punctuation, and with full annotation of linguistic difficulties and the historical background. The text is preceded by a general introduction, a chronology, and suggestions for further reading. An appendix reprints passages from key sources and analogues, enabling the reader to see how More worked with his English sources and classical models, and finally how Shakespeare worked with More.




history of king richard III


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More's History of King Richard III


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Excerpt from More's History of King Richard III: Edited With Notes, Glossary and Index of Names The text here printed, from p. 1 to p. 91, is from the folio edition of Sir Thomas More's Works, Landon, 1557. The continuation is from the edition of Hardyng's Clzmrzic/e, printed by Richard Grafton, 1543, While the additions given in the notes, from Hal/6's Cirmm'de, are taken from The Unyon of the twoo noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, ' printed also by Grafton in 1550. Thus the language of the volume is all of one period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.