From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain.
King Richard III of England (1452-1485) only occupied the throne for two years, but his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the thirty-year long Wars of the Roses and symbolized the end of the Middle Ages in that country ...
This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of one of Shakespeare's most popular and theatrically thrilling plays.
Richard III: Loyaulté me lie
The story of the most vilified English king, from model of nobility to murderer and monster. Richard III has been written off in history as one of England's evil kings.
Richard III: The Man Behind the Myth
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Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is determined to gain the crown of England from his brother, the Yorkist King Edward IV. He woos the widow, Lady Ann at the funeral of her father-in-law, King Henry VI. She yields to his advances and marries him ...
The authoritative edition of Richard III from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an ebook.
King Edward IV's evil brother, Richard, is plotting to take the crown. But Richard's villainous deeds eventually cause his own downfall. This unabridged edition of the history play written by English playwright William Shakespeare was ...
By making that link, the English monarchy was attempting to capitalize on Caesar's reputation as a powerful political leader. As Kristin Deiter points out in The Tower of London in English Renaissance Drama, an increasingly elaborate ...
"First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, an Hachette UK company; First U.S. Edition: April 2018."
Final play in Shakespeare's dramatization of the strife between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard is stunning archvillain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Explanatory footnotes.
A readable study not only of the play itself, but of its reception and of the issues - of historical truth, of violence, of attitude to childhood - which it raises.
There are few parallels in English history that can match the drama of Richard III's reign, witnessed in its full bloody intensity.A dedicated brother and loyal stalwart to the Yorkist dynasty for most of his early life, Richard's ...
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Introducing key themes and the history of the play's performance and critical reception, this is a comprehensive guide to Richard III by leading international scholars.
In a new foreword, Professor Richard A. Griffiths identifies the attributes that have made Ross's account the leading biography in the field, and assesses the impact of the research published since the book first appeared in 1981.
This charming series gives young readers the chance to discover the magic of Shakespeare for themselves.
A major new biography of the young Richard III.