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Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and none has been more persistently vilified. In his absorbing and universally praised account, Charles Ross assesses the king within the context of his violent age and explores the critical questions of the reign: why and how Richard Plantagenet usurped the throne; the belief that he ordered the murder of "the Princes in the Tower"; the events leading to the battle of Bosworth in 1485; and the death of the Yorkist dynasty with Richard himself. 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.
"A fascinating study on a perennially fascinating topic… the base against which will be measured any future research."—Times Higher Education Supplement
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Lee Carter
reviewed Richard III on February 14, 2013 Richard III
In honor of Richard III's remains being located, I overcame my disinclination toward reading biographies of monarchs and looked for an objective study on the fella. After more digging for said objectivity than you would believe possible, I landed on Ross's book, not a straightforward A-Z biography but an unconventional thematic study of Richard's life and short reign, and the late medieval period in which he lived and died.
Ross thoroughly covers the sources, available scholarship and popular views of Richard, and events, evenhandedly and with occasional flashes of dry wit. The book is not for the medievally uninitiated and Ross does not stop to bring you up to speed, so I found myself diving for the dusty college reference books more than once. Nevertheless, it was worth the work. In short, it's doubtful I will be joining the Richard III Society any time soon.
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