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Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : History PressLtd
ISBN 13 : 9780752454047
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of Richard III written by John Ashdown-Hill and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains details about what Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada. This book explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, this book presents a new Richard - not a passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own policies and agenda.

Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752459608
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of Richard III written by John Ashdown-Hill and published by History Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days, and explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own policies and agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. Based on newly discovered evidence and wider insights it explores the motives underlying these events. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's DNA was rediscovered, alive and well, and living in Canada. John Ashdown-Hill has produced a stimulating and thought-provoking account of the end of Richard's life. Even readers very familiar with his short life will discover a new and fascinating picture of him.

Author : John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752498665
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA written by John Ashdown-Hill and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.

Author : Saint Thomas More
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More's History of King Richard III written by Saint Thomas More and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Annette Carson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075247314X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard III: The Maligned King written by Annette Carson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, made good laws that still protect ordinary people today. Yet history concentrates on the fictional hunchback as depicted by Shakespeare: the wicked uncle who stole the throne and killed his nephews in the Tower of London. Voices have protested during the intervening years, some of them eminent and scholarly, urging a more reasoned view to replace the traditional black portrait. But historians, whether as authors or presenters of popular TV history, still trot out the old pronouncements about ruthless ambition, usurpation and murder. After centuries of misinformation, the truth about Richard III has been overdue a fair hearing. Annette Carson seeks to redress the balance by examining the events of his reign as they actually happened, based on reports in the original sources. She traces the actions and activities of the principal characters, investigating facts and timelines revealed in documentary evidence. She also dares to investigate areas where historians fear to tread, and raises some controversial questions. In 2012 Carson was a member of Philippa Langley's Looking For Richard Project, which provided important new answers from the DNA-confirmed discovery of the king's remains. Her involvement in Langley's Missing Princes Project, with its international research initiative on the 'princes in the Tower', has now informed her revelatory extra chapter.

Author : Paul Murray Kendall
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447495470
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard the Third written by Paul Murray Kendall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the fictional historical play Richard III by William Shakespeare. In 2012, an archaeological excavation was conducted on a city council car park using ground-penetrating radar on the site once occupied by Greyfriars, Leicester. The University of Leicester confirmed on 4 February 2013 that the skeleton found in the excavation is that of Richard III, based on the results of radiocarbon dating, a comparison with contemporary reports of his appearance, and a comparison of his mitochondrial DNA with that of two matrilineal descendants of Richard III's eldest sister, Anne of York.

Author : Matthew Lewis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445671557
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard III written by Matthew Lewis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive new biography of one of British history's most controversial figures, that seeks to bring peace to Richard III's reputation.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Richard the Third ... written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony Cheetham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780297831679
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Richard III written by Anthony Cheetham and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise account, placing the life of Richard III in its historical context

Author : David Baldwin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445618206
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard III written by David Baldwin and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of the bestselling biography of the controversial king whose bones were discovered in a car park in 2012. Contains NEW material, including an account of the reburial in March 2015.