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Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation
David Horspool
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Description for Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 black and white illustrations in the text. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Famously depicted as `Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's `bunch-back'd toad', the alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower and the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Now, with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car park in Leicester in 2012 and their reburial in early 2015, the obsession with this mysterious king has been further ignited. Historian David Horspool tells the story of Richard, Duke of Gloucester's birth and upbringing and his part as a young man in the closing years of the Wars ... Read more
Famously depicted as `Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's `bunch-back'd toad', the alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower and the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Now, with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car park in Leicester in 2012 and their reburial in early 2015, the obsession with this mysterious king has been further ignited. Historian David Horspool tells the story of Richard, Duke of Gloucester's birth and upbringing and his part as a young man in the closing years of the Wars ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472946195
SKU
V9781472946195
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99-1
About David Horspool
David Horspool is History Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of The English Rebel (Viking/Penguin), King Alfred the Great (Amberley) and, with Colin Firth and Anthony Arnove, The People Speak (Canongate).
Reviews for Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation
This is an intelligent person's life of Richard, strong in ascertainable fact
Times
Sets a new standard among biographies of medieval rulers aimed at a wide readership
Times Literary Supplement
Absorbing and authoritative
Daily Telegraph
[A] careful analysis of Richard ... well worth waiting for ... impeccably objective, its conclusions are all the more ... Read more
Times
Sets a new standard among biographies of medieval rulers aimed at a wide readership
Times Literary Supplement
Absorbing and authoritative
Daily Telegraph
[A] careful analysis of Richard ... well worth waiting for ... impeccably objective, its conclusions are all the more ... Read more