Richard iii biography book

King of England from 1483 to 1485

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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.

King Richard III is one of the most divisive figures in history, but this new biography aims to ignore the controversy and return to the facts: his personality.

An intricately detailed account of Richard's every recorded move on his journey from younger son of the powerful Duke of York to the last of England's.

Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure.

This narrative history of his life and reign returns to original sources and looks in depth at contemporary politics, Richard's earlier years and northern.

The books of Richard III are typical of what was available to and popular with the medieval reader – religion, chivalry, history, genealogy, advice on how to.

He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.

Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461 after the accession of his brother Edward IV.

This was during the period known as the Wars of the Roses, an era when two branches of the royal family contested the throne; Edward and Richard were Yorkists. In 1472, Richard married Anne Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and widow of Edward of Westminster, son of Henry VI.

He governed northern England during Edward's reign, and pla