Lost But Not Found The Truth About Richard Iii
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Lost But Not Found The Truth About Richard Iii
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Author : John L. Fox
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-11-25
Lost But Not Found The Truth About Richard Iii written by John L. Fox and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-25 with History categories.
Everyone knows that Richard III was buried in Leicester; everyone knows that he had a deformed body; everyone knows he had a twisted spine; everyone knows that one of his shoulders was higher than the other; because that was what Rous said. Before ever they carried out any of their ""tests"", before another ""expert"" had examined the remains, those pseudo-scientists had had all their previous ""knowledge"" about Richard confirmed. From that first glance, it was a foregone conclusion that they would have the ""results"" to confirm their initial judgment. The truth is that there is not one scintilla of credible evidence that Richard III had any anatomical abnormality. So any one claiming to have found his remains, because those bones show the person suffered from a twisted spine, is mistaken. The Leicester grave-diggers have not the bones of the King, because the King did not have a twisted spine. There is no reliable evidence of any kind of deformity in King Richard III. The body in the car park is not his.
The Lost King
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Author : Philippa Langley
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Lost King written by Philippa Langley and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The official inside story of the discovery of the bones of Richard III now a major motion picture starring Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan The mystery of who Richard III really was has fascinated historians, readers and audiences familiar with Shakespeare's dastardly portrait of a hunchbacked monster of royalty for centuries. In 2012, the remains of a man with a curving spine, who possibly was killed in battle, were discovered underneath the paving of a parking lot in Leicester, England. Phillipa Langley, head of The Richard III Society, spurred on by the work of the historian Michael Jones, led the team of who uncovered the remains, certain that she had found the bones of the monarch. When DNA verification later confirmed that the skeleton was, indeed, that of King Richard III, the discovery ranks among the great stories of passionate intuition and perseverance against the odds. The news of the discovery of Richard's remains has been widely reported by the British as well as worldwide and was front page news for both the New York Times and The Washington Post. Many believe that now, with King Richard III's skeleton in hand, historians will finally begin to understand what happened to him following the Battle of Bosworth Field (twenty miles or so from Leicester) and, ultimately, to know whether he was the hateful, unscrupulous monarch of Shakespeare's drama or a much more benevolent king interested in the common man. Written in alternating chapters, with Richard's 15th century life told by historian Michael Jones (author of the critically acclaimed Bosworth - 1485) contrasting with the 21st century eyewitness account of the search and discovery of the body by Philippa Langley, The Lost King will be both an extraordinary portrait of the last Plantagenet monarch and the inspiring story of the archaeological dig that finally brings the real King Richard III into the light of day.
The Sunne In Splendour
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Author : Sharon Penman
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-07-26
The Sunne In Splendour written by Sharon Penman and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with Fiction categories.
This special thirtieth anniversary edition of the bestselling The Sunne in Splendour, features an author's note from Sharon Penman. Richard, last-born son of the Duke of York, was seven months short of his nineteenth birthday when he bloodied himself at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, earning his legendary reputation as a battle commander in the Wars of the Roses, and ending the Lancastrian line of succession. But Richard was far more than a warrior schooled in combat. He was also a devoted brother, an ardent suitor, a patron of the arts, an indulgent father, a generous friend. Above all, he was a man of fierce loyalties, great courage and firm principles, who was ill at ease among the intrigues of Edward's court. The very codes Richard lived by ultimately betrayed him. But he was betrayed by history too. Leaving no heir, his reputation was at the mercy of his successor, and Henry Tudor had too much at stake to risk mercy. Thus was born the myth of King Richard III, the man who would stop at nothing to gain the throne. Filled with the sights and sounds of battle, the customs and love of daily life, the rigours and dangers of Court politics and the touching concerns of very real men and women, The Sunne in Splendour is a richly coloured tapestry of medieval England.
The Last Days Of Richard Iii
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Author : John Ashdown-Hill
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2011
The Last Days Of Richard Iii written by John Ashdown-Hill and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Great Britain categories.
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.
Eliza Rose
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Author : Lucy Worsley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-04-07
Eliza Rose written by Lucy Worsley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A stable boy? Of course the last was just a wicked fancy. Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich. But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she's drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry the Eighth ... Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival? And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men?
Finding Richard Iii
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Author : A.J. Carson
language : en
Publisher: Imprimis Imprimatur
Release Date : 2018-09-07
Finding Richard Iii written by A.J. Carson and has been published by Imprimis Imprimatur this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-07 with Social Science categories.
Their task was to locate a lost grave in an obliterated church. The ‘Looking For Richard’ team of historians and researchers spent many years amassing evidence. Now for the first time they reveal the full story of how that evidence took them to a car park in Leicester.
Richard Iii The Maligned King
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Author : Annette Carson
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2017-04-13
Richard Iii The Maligned King written by Annette Carson and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-13 with History categories.
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.
The Princes In The Tower
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Author : Philippa Langley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-11-19
The Princes In The Tower written by Philippa Langley and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-19 with True Crime categories.
In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from the Tower of London. History has judged they were murdered on the orders of Richard III. This new book reveals the truth behind the greatest unsolved mystery in English history. Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds and after a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King Richard III (1452-1485) in a Leicester car park. A king finally laid to rest, the rediscovery and reburial of Richard III was watched by a global audience of over 366 million. Now, in The Princes in the Tower, Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: "The Missing Princes Project." In the summer of 1483, Edward V (age 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (age 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over five hundred years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle, Richard III. Following years of intensive research in British, American, and European archives, Philippa has uncovered astonishing new archival discoveries that radically change what we know about the fate of the princes in the Tower. Established by Langley in 2016, "The Missing Princes Project" employs the methods of a cold-case police inquiry. Using investigative methodology, it aims to place this most enduring of mysteries under a forensic microscope for the very first time. In The Princes in the Tower, Langley narrates the painstaking investigative work and research of the project. By questioning received wisdom, she and her international team of researchers shed light upon one of history's greatest miscarriages of justice, in turn revealing a surprising and phenomenal untold story.
History Of The Life And Reign Of Richard The Third
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Author : James Gairdner
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-09-04
History Of The Life And Reign Of Richard The Third written by James Gairdner and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-04 with categories.
This is a seminal history of one of England's most famous monarchs, Richard III, whose notorious reign ended with his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last monarch of the House of York and his death all but brought an end to the Wars of the Roses From the intro: "Richard III was one of the first of those dark characters in history whom it has been the effort of some modern writers to present under an aspect not altogether to repulsive as that in which his name and deeds have been handed down to us. The apparent insufficiency of the testimony to most of his imputed crimes was first pointed out by Walpole in his Historic Doubts and since that day there have not been wanting inquirers who have inclined to a more favorable view of his character. Nevertheless, the general opinion is unshaken. The scantiness of contemporary evidences and the prejudices of original authorities may be admitted as reasons for doubting isolated facts, but can hardly be expected to weaken the conviction derived from Shakespeare and tradition as much as from anything else that Richard was indeed cruel and unnatural beyond the ordinary measure even of those violent and ferocious times. There is, besides, much in the undisputed facts of the case which, in the eye of common sense, favors greatly this impression. A reign of violence is naturally short-lived and the reigns of Edward V and Richard III are the shortest in English history. Taken together, their duration was less than two years and a half; and it is in vain to deny that Richard had long before lost the hearts of his subjects except upon the common supposition that they were never his to lose. Yet, historically considered, Richard III is not a monster. He is the natural outgrowth of monstrous and horrible times. He is the fitting termination of the rule of the House of York the exemplification of an old, divinely attested saying that they who take the sword shall perish by it. It is true Richard's father, the Duke of York, who first urged the claims of that House, was anything but an extreme man. On the contrary, he protested by every loyal means against misgovernment, and exhausted every form of peaceable remonstrance, before he finally advanced his title to the crown. But his moderation in which, unfortunately, he did not himself persevere to the end was not imitated by his sons. It was, indeed, very ill requited by his enemies when he fell into their hands at Wakefield and the lesson of vindictiveness set by the friends of Margaret of Anjou was not forgotten when the next turn of the wheel gave the victory to Edward IV. How could it be expected that the conqueror should treat his opponents with greater leniency than they had shown to his father? Civil war had already blunted all sense of delicacy, and violence now became a part almost of the established order of things. The House of York abused their triumph, became intolerant of rivals, and imbrued their hands in the blood of princes. Hardened by degrees in acts of cruelty and perfidy, they grew faithless even to each other. Clarence rebelled against his brother Edward, and, though forgiven, was finally put to death by Edward's order. The court was split up into factions. The old nobility were jealous of the Queen and of her relations. It was a world which, as Edward foresaw before his death, was not likely to hold together very long after him. Such a world, in fact, almost invites a bold and unscrupulous man to take the rule and subdue it."
Shakespeare Beyond Doubt
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Author : Paul Edmondson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Shakespeare Beyond Doubt written by Paul Edmondson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? The authorship question has been much treated in works of fiction, film and television, provoking interest all over the world. Sceptics have proposed many candidates as the author of Shakespeare's works, including Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe and Edward De Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford. But why and how did the authorship question arise and what does surviving evidence offer in answer to it? This authoritative, accessible and frequently entertaining book sets the debate in its historical context and provides an account of its main protagonists and their theories. Presenting the authorship of Shakespeare's works in relation to historiography, psychology and literary theory, twenty-three distinguished scholars reposition and develop the discussion. The book explores the issues in the light of biographical, textual and bibliographical evidence to bring fresh perspectives to an intriguing cultural phenomenon.