Richard III

A Ruler and his Reputation

David Horspool (History Editor)

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English

Continuum
01 May 2017

Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: royalty; History; British & Irish history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

Famously depicted as 'Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's 'bunch-back'd toad', the 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 of the Roses, describes what really happened to the Princes in the Tower, and explains why this character has become one of the most compelling and divisive rulers in the history of the British Isles. In his final chapter, with a ringside seat to the pomp and circumstance of Richard's reburial in Leicester in 2015, Horspool explains why the public fascination with this flawed king has been so enduring.

Richard III- A Ruler and his Reputation is concerned to examine the legend as well as the man. Have we bought in to the myth of Richard III as the personification of evil, a view maintained by his Tudor successors and publicised by Raphael Holinshed and William Shakespeare? Or should we believe the Ricardian narrative of a much maligned monarch, warrior and statesman made popular by the Richard III Society and conceded in part by some historians and archaeologists? These questions and more are discussed in this fascinating insight into one of England's most elusive kings.

By: David Horspool (History Editor)
Imprint: Continuum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 237g
ISBN: 9781472946195
ISBN 10: 1472946197
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Son of the 'high and mighty Prince' 2 Exile and Recovery 3 Warwick's Heir 4 'To Catch the English Crown' 5 'Her comyth Richard the Third' 6 'In one body there are many members' 7 'Tant le desieree' 8 'My shadow as I pass' Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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 damning * Spectator *