Richard III
Book description
An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books) of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch-the most infamous king in British history
"An intricately detailed account of Richard's every recorded move on his journey from younger son of the powerful Duke of York to the…
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Everybody knows the name of Richard III, the short-lived king of England whose defeat ushered in the Tudor dynasty. But the story everyone knows and argues about is his time as king and the fate of the “princes in the tower.”
Michael Hicks tells the story of Richard’s life before he became king, his loyal support for his brother Edward IV, the political scheming that made him the ruler of the north of England, and his reforming zeal, which might have transformed the country had he lived.
Nothing like Shakespeare’s caricature (written to please the Tudors!), Richard emerges as a…
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