Richard III : a ruler and his reputation /
For many, Richard III is an obsession. The Richard III Society has a huge membership and Shakespeare's histories have contributed to, if not his popularity, certainly his notoriety. Now, with the discovery of Richard III's bones under a parking lot in Leicester, England, interest in this d...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Son of the 'high and mighty prince": "His wit and reson wt drawen" ; "Infants, who have not offended against the king" ; At Fastolf's place ; "Into the parties of Flanders" ; Duke of Gloucester, Squire of Warwick ; "Little body and feeble strength"
- Exile and recovery: Richard of Wales ; "My lord of Gloucester travelled to Holland" ; "Ledyng the vaward of Kyng Edward"
- Warwick's heir: A bride for a prince ; A bridge on the River Somme ; Family business ; Lord of the North ; "To fight against James, King of Scotland"
- "To catch the English crown": Uncle and protector ; Friday the thirteenth ; "Ordeigned to reigne upon the people"
- "Her comyth Richard the third": "The princes in the tower" ; "To shine as a king" ; "The most untrewe creature lyvyng"
- "In one body there are many members": Castle of care ; "All Engeland, undyr an hogge" ; Evil reports
- "Tant le desieree"
- "My shadow as I pass": "By broken faith" ; "To secure a reassessment" ; Richard at rest.