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.
"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."
In The Tragedy of King Richard III, Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of one of history's most repellent, and the theater's most mesmerizing, figures.
Biographies and Autobiographies.
... Peterborough City Hospital Bioarchaeology and scoliosis expert Professor Bruno Morgan (BM) Professor of Cancer Imaging and Radiology, Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester Forensic radiologist ...
with a generous amount of Howard's silver jingling in his purse and in his baggage Howard's gift to his master of seven crossbows of wood and one of steel. What more fitting present from the first admiral to the first general of the ...
And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III’s family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada.
As gripping as any detective fiction. Proof that one doesn't need to be fascinated with Richard III to be enthralled by the story of his body's discovery. --Publisher's Weekly
Shortly afterwards, King James I's Master of Revels, Sir George Buck, in his History ofKing Richard III, presented the first comprehensive assault on the Tudor tradition. Buck believed that one ofhis ancestors had fought and died by ...
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 major new biography of the young Richard III.