The life and death of King Richard III
Cheetham, Anthony2025
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Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the source of perennial fascination. Comparatively little is known of his early life, his appearance, his interests, for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers, Edward 'this sun of York', and the feckless Clarence. Anthony Cheetham cuts through the legend and the propaganda to try to retrace the life of Richard, the neglected years before he assumed the throne, and thus to place in context the twenty six stormy months of his reign before the last of the Plantagenets died on Bosworth Field. He considers three critical questions in particular. Did he really believe his brother and nephews were illegitimate? Why did he seize the throne? What happened to the princes in the tower?
Main title:
The life and death of King Richard III / Anthony Cheetham.
Author:
Cheetham, Anthony, author
Edition:
New edition / introduction by Dan Jones.
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2025.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781035915170 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.046092942.046B/RICH920 RIC942.046 CHEE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
8667304