King Richard II
Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1868 |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1868 |
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Author | : Rosemary Horrox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780859580663 |
Author | : M. J. Trow |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword History |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2020-12-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1526777185 |
This enlightening biography examines the life and short reign of England’s most controversial king and his relationship to the region he loved. Was Richard III the world’s most wicked uncle, or is he merely the victim of historical slander? Forever associated with the murder of his nephews, he was the last king to die in battle, in 1485. His life was as spectacular as the discovery of his bones under a Leicester car park five centuries later—an event that revived age-old debates. This detailed look at Richard’s life focuses on the area that he loved and made his own. As Lord of the North, he had castles at Middleham and Sheriff Hutton, Penrith, and Sandal. He fought the Scots along the northern border and on their own territory. His son was born at Middleham and was invested as Prince of Wales at York Minster, where Richard planned to set up a college of 100 priests. His white boar device can be found in obscure corners of churches and castles; his laws gave rights to his loyal subjects north of the Trent. And when he felt threatened during the Wars of the Roses, it was to the men of the North that he turned for support and advice. M.J. Trow’s biography demonstrates that the North is the key to understanding this fascinating and complex king.
Author | : A. J. Pollard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Distant, lawless, rebellious country - the north of the fifteenth-century imagination. A particular feature is an appendix of selected, previously unpublished documents.
Author | : Matthew Lewis |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 2018-09-15 |
Genre | : 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 | : Chris Skidmore |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : 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 | : Jonathan Hughes |
Publisher | : Alan Sutton Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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In this controversial new study, Hughes argues that although Richard was indeed guilty of, or implicated in, most, if not all of the crimes of which he has been accused, this ruthless, inscrutable man was also very religious, an austere practitioner of a chivalric code of ethics, a public benefactor and protector of the Church, a founder of charities, one who in his public pronouncements upheld a strict, puritanical code of sexual morality in marked contrast to many of his fellow courtiers.
Author | : Michael Hicks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2021-03-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780300259186 |
The definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch--the most infamous king in British history The reign of Richard III, the last Yorkist king and the final monarch of the Plantagenet dynasty, marked a turning point in British history. But despite his lasting legacy, Richard only ruled as king for the final two years of his life. While much attention has been given to his short reign, Michael Hicks explores the whole of Richard's fascinating life and traces the unfolding of his character and career from his early years as the son of a duke to his violent death at the battle of Bosworth. Hicks explores how Richard--villainized for his imprisonment and probable killing of the princes--applied his experience to overcome numerous setbacks and adversaries. Richard proves a complex, conflicted individual whose Machiavellian tact and strategic foresight won him a kingdom. He was a reformer who planned big changes, but lost the opportunity to fulfill them and to retain his crown.
Author | : A. J. Pollard |
Publisher | : Salamander Books |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1997-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781858337722 |
[This book] explores the story of Richard III and the tales that have been woven around the historic events; discusses his life and reign and the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower; and assesses the original sources upon which much of the 'history' is based.-Dust jacket.
Author | : John Ashdown-Hill |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780752459608 |
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days, and explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. 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 policies and agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. Based on newly discovered evidence and wider insights it explores the motives underlying these events. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's DNA was rediscovered, alive and well, and living in Canada. John Ashdown-Hill has produced a stimulating and thought-provoking account of the end of Richard's life. Even readers very familiar with his short life will discover a new and fascinating picture of him.