Author : Anthony Cheetham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780297831679
Concise account, placing the life of Richard III in its historical context
Author : Paul Murray Kendall
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1447495470
Richard III (2 October 1452 - 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the fictional historical play Richard III by William Shakespeare. In 2012, an archaeological excavation was conducted on a city council car park using ground-penetrating radar on the site once occupied by Greyfriars, Leicester. The University of Leicester confirmed on 4 February 2013 that the skeleton found in the excavation is that of Richard III, based on the results of radiocarbon dating, a comparison with contemporary reports of his appearance, and a comparison of his mitochondrial DNA with that of two matrilineal descendants of Richard III's eldest sister, Anne of York.
Author : Chris Skidmore
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466844116
From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain. Richard III is one of English history’s best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked murderer, the discovery in 2012 of his skeleton in a Leicester parking lot re-ignited debate over the true character of England’s most controversial king. Richard was born into an age of brutality, when civil war gripped the land and the Yorkist dynasty clung to the crown with their fingertips. Was he really a power-crazed monster who killed his nephews, or the victim of the first political smear campaign conducted by the Tudors? In the first full biography of Richard III for fifty years, Chris Skidmore draws on new manuscript evidence to reassess Richard’s life and times. Richard III examines in intense detail Richard’s inner nature and his complex relations with those around him to unravel the mystery of the last English monarch to die on the battlefield.
Author : Matthew Lewis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445671557
A definitive new biography of one of British history's most controversial figures, that seeks to bring peace to Richard III's reputation.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : Saint Thomas More
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 1883
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Author : David Hipshon
Publisher : History Press (SC)
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A major reassessment of Richard III's defeat in the Battle of Bosworth. The author argues that Richard's defeat was due not to a lack of support, but rather to his involvement with the power struggle between the Stanleys and the Harringtons.
Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher : Pegasus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781605988399
With the victory of Henry Tudor, the usurping dynasty made an effort to besmirch the last Plantagenet’s reputation, and some historians claim that Richard’s "black legend" is nothing more than political propaganda. Yet such an interpretation, as Desmond Seward shows in this powerfully-argued book, suggests a refusal to face the facts of history. Even in the king’s lifetime there were rumours about his involvement in the murders of Henry VI and of his nephews, the "Princes in the Tower," while his reign was considered by many to be a nightmare, not least for the king himself. The real Richard III was both a chilling and compelling monarch, a peculiarly grim young English precursor of Machiavelli’s Prince. Sweeping aside sentimental fantasy, this is a colorful, authoritative biography that offers a definitive picture of both the age and the man.
Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752498665
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.
Author : Mike Pitts
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0500772053
The story of the archaeology behind the dig that found Richard III, told through a fascinating array of photographs, diagrams, and firsthand accounts In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room, watched by media studios around the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose history is perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs. History offers a narrow range of information about Richard III which mostly has already been worked to destruction. Archaeology creates new data, new stories, with a different kind of material: physical remains from which modern science can wrest a surprising amount, and which provide a direct, tangible connection with the past. Unlike history, archaeological research demands that teams of people with varied backgrounds work together. Archaeology is a communal activity, in which the interaction of personalities as well as professional skills can change the course of research. Photographs from the author’s own archives, alongside additional material from Leicester University, offer a compelling detective story as the evidence is uncovered.
