Richard III: The King in the Car Park

by Terry Breverton

Overview

The bloody Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York ended with the killing of Richard III. With the recent discovery of his skeleton, and the consequent controversy over his final resting place, it is time to re-examine the life of Richard as a duke and king.Was Richard the grotesque usurper and murderer of the Princes in the Tower, as depicted by Shakespeare just over a hundred years after his death in battle? Or has his name been blackened over the years, as claimed by his apologists, the Richard III Society? This biography sifts the contemporary evidence, placing Richard in the context of his times, and assesses the other candidates put forward to have killed the Princes in the Tower. John Locke wrote that ‘the actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts’ and upon this basis the investigation leads to one conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781445644790
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2015
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Terry Breverton is a former businessman, consultant and academic and now a full-time writer. Terry has presented documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. Terry is the author of many books for Amberley on many subjects, including: Owain Glyndwr, Richard III, Jasper Tudor, Owen Tudor, Tudor recipes, Henry VII, Welsh history and the First World War. He lives near Maesycrugiau in Carmarthenshire.

Table of Contents

Preface: History is not Exact 6

1 Introduction; Fifteenth-Century England & the Background to the Wars of the Roses 10

2 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 1452-1482 32

3 Gloucester Takes the Throne: The Turbulent Reign of the Last Plantagenet, 1483-1485 50

4 Henry Tudor & the Path to the Battle of Bosworth 77

5 Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 96

6 Henry VII's Actions, 1485-1509 104

7 The King and Prince in the Tower 135

8 The Strange Case of the Bones in the Car Park 156

9 The Evidence: A Black, Grey or White King? 173

Partial List of Sources 184

List of Illustrations 187