Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records
Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

Author: Keith Dockray

Publisher: Fonthill Media

Published: 2014-03-26

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1781553335

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No English king has suffered wider fluctuations of reputation than Richard III, perhaps the most controversial ruler England has ever had. Vilified by critics as a ruthless master of intrigue and a callous murderer, he has been no less extravagantly praised by defenders of his reputation against Tudor and Shakespearian charges of tyranny. Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records, by its presentation of contemporary and near contemporary sources, enables the reader to get behind the mythology and gain a more realistic picture of the king. An invaluable collection of the primary sources presented clearly and concisely, it demonstrates just why Richard has remained an enigma for so long. Established as an essential part of the literature on Richard III since its first publication under the title Richard III: A Reader in History, this new edition has been completely revised and considerably expanded to offer an indispensable source book for historians, students and the general reader. Also, this up to date edition includes a chapter in relation to the exciting discovery of Richard III's skeleton that was found under a car park in Leicester. The Genesis of this book came from a summary guide produced by Keith Dockray for all of his second year undergraduate students. Upon this foundation has been built an accessible and enjoyable history of this fascinating king, as seen by those who knew him at the time, or who were living shortly after his untimely death at Bosworth Field.

Richard III
Richard III

Author: Keith Dockray

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781781553138

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The definitive book on Richard III written and researched by world experts in their field.

Richard III
Richard III

Author: Chris Skidmore

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1466844116

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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.

The World of Richard III
The World of Richard III

Author: Kristie Dean

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 144563662X

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Follow Richard III through the resplendent castles, towering cathedrals, manor houses and chapels associated with his controversial life.

Anne Neville
Anne Neville

Author: Michael Hicks

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0752468871

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Anne Neville was queen to England's most notorious king, Richard III. She was immortalised by Shakespeare for the remarkable nature of her marriage, a union which brought together a sorrowing widow with her husband's murderer. Anne's misfortune did not end there. In addition to killing her first husband, Richard also helped kill her father, father-in-law and brother-in-law, imprisoned her mother, and was suspected of poisoning Anne herself. Dying before the age of thirty, Anne Neville packed into her short life incident enough for many adventurous careers, but was always, apparently, the passive instrument of others' evil intentions. This fascinating new biography seeks to tell the story of Anne's life in her own right, and uncovers the real wife of Richard III by charting the remarkable twists and turns of her fraught and ultimately tragic life.

Richard III
Richard III

Author: Keith Dockray

Publisher: History PressLtd

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 9780750914796

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An invaluable collection of primary sources, presented clearly and concisely, demonstrating why Richard III remained an enigma for so long.

Richard III
Richard III

Author: Matthew Lewis

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2018-09-15

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 1445671557

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A definitive new biography of one of British history's most controversial figures, that seeks to bring peace to Richard III's reputation.

The Lost Kings
The Lost Kings

Author: Amy Licence

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2017-08-01

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0750985003

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The century spanning the wars of the roses and the reigns of the Tudor kings was a volatile time of battle and bloodshed, execution and unexpected illness. Life could be nasty, brutish and short. Some met their end in battle, others were dragged to the block, losing everything for daring to aspire to the throne. Some were lost in mysterious circumstances, like Edward V, the elder of the Princes in the Tower. But the majority of these young men died in their teens, on the brink of manhood. They represent the lost paths of history, the fascinating “what-ifs” of the houses of York and Tudor. They also diverted the route of dynastic inheritance, with all the complicated implications that could bring, passing power into some unlikely hands. This book examines ten such figures in detail, using their lives to build a narrative of this savage century.