I WAS THERE is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past allowing children to imagine that they were really there I WAS THERE RICHARD III tells the thrilling story of England's last Plantagenet king in his youth Brilliantly reimagined readers aged 7 will love this vivid first-hand account of a child's experience of knights castle life & an exciting battle The perfect read for children intrigued by the recent media coverage of Richard III's exhumation & reburial in 2014 ...

Richard III is one of the finest of Shakespeare's historical dramas Although it has a huge cast Richard himself gleefully wicked charismatically Machiavellian always dominates the play a role to gratify such leading actors as David Garrick Laurence Olivier Anthony Sher Ian Mc Kellen & Al Pacino Since in real life political Machiavellianism is never out of date Richard III remains perennially topical Numerous revivals on stage & screen have demonstrated the enduring cogency of this drama about the lethally corrupting quest for power Richard III is the twenty-first play in the Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series The Times Literary Supplement says Many students & ordinary readers will be grateful to Watts & his publishers for making such useful editions available at such low cost' ...

Dive into Shakespeare & discover twenty simplified stories that will bring the magical world of literature to any young reader 64 pages 40 Line drawings black & white ...

Famously depicted as Crookback Dick' & as Shakespeare's bunch-back'd toad' the alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower & the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs Now with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car park in Leicester in 2012 & their reburial in early 2015 the obsession with this mysterious king has been further ignited Historian David Horspool tells the story of Richard Duke of Gloucester's birth & upbringing & his part as a young man in the closing years of the Wars of the Roses; describes what really happened to the Princes in the Tower & explains why this character has become one of the most compelling & divisive rulers in the history of the British Isles In his final chapter with a ringside seat to the pomp & circumstance of Richard's reburial in Leicester in 2015 Horspool explains why the public fascination with this flawed king has been so enduring Richard III A Ruler & his Reputation is concerned to examine the legend as well as the man Have we bought in to the myth of Richard III as the personification of evil a view maintained by his Tudor successors & publicised by Raphael Holinshed & William Shakespeare? Or should we believe the Ricardian narrative of a much maligned monarch warrior & statesman made popular by the Richard III Society & conceded in part by some historians & archaeologists? These questions & more are discussed in this fascinating insight into one of England's most elusive kings ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NON-FICTION BOOK AT THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS & Fresh gripping & vivid& Simon Sebag Montefiore & Exhaustively researched & scrupulously even-handed& David Starkey &A portrait that chills you to the bone& Leanda de Lisle The Times The last Plantagenet king remains one of England&s most famous & controversial monarchs There are few parallels in English history that can match the drama of Richard III&s reign witnessed in its full bloody intensity A dedicated brother & loyal stalwart to the Yorkist dynasty for most of his early life Richard&s personality was forged in the tribulation of exile & the brutality of combat An ambitious nobleman & successful general with a loyal following Richard was a man who could claim to have achieved every ambition in life except one Within months of his brother Edward IV&s early death Richard stunned the nation when he seized the throne & disinherited his nephews Having put to death his rivals Richard&s two-year reign would become one of the most tumultuous in English history ending in treachery & with his death on the battlefield at Bosworth By stripping back the legends that surround Richard&s life & reign & returning to original manuscript evidence Chris Skidmore rediscovers the man as contemporaries saw him His compelling study presents every facet of Richard&s personality as it deserves to be seen as one of the most significant figures in medieval history whose actions & behaviour underline the true nature of power in an age of great upheaval & instability ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Shakespeare's classic play about the Machiavellian rise to power & subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England is set in an alternative 1930s in this celebrated film adaptation A brutal civil war has erupted in England with Houses of Lancaster & York battling for control of the throne Amid the turmoil the despotic Richard Duke of Gloucester (Ian Mc Kellen) plots his own route to power deviously scheming a murderous agenda that will lead to his installation as dictator monarch Steeped in fascist iconography the film openly draws from the aesthetic of the Third Reich a stylistic choice that emphasizes the pure evil at the heart of Richard's agenda Based on an acclaimed stage production for the Royal National Theatre (which also starred Mc Kellen) the film features an all-star cast which

Includes:: Sir Ian Mc Kellen Kristin Scott Thomas Robert Downey Jr & Dame Maggie Smith Actors Ian Mc Kellen Annette Bening Jim Broadbent Maggie Smith Kristin Scott Thomas Directors Richard Loncraine Format CDDVD Dolby PALLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2

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Four of Richard Matheson’s classic tales of terror are collected in this graphic novel collection I Am Legend Hell House Duel & The Shrinking Man ...

A deeply researched superbly crafted biography of America's most complex president In Richard Nixon award-winning biographer John A Farrell examines the life & legacy of one of America's most controversial political figures Beginning in 1946 when young Navy lieutenant ' Nick' Nixon returned from the Pacific & set his cap at Congress Farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember Nixon as today Within four years of that first win Nixon would be a senator; in six the vice president; & then president His staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care poverty civil rights & protection of the environment It was a fine legacy but Nixon cared little for it He aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead & his 1972 opening to China was the first great crack in the Cold War But Nixon had another legacy an America divided & polarised It was Nixon who launched the Mc Carthy era who set South against North & who spurred the silent majority to despise & distrust the country's elite Finally in August 1974 two years after the Watergate scandal Nixon became the only president to resign in disgrace Richard Nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war American political cynicism
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In Richard Nixon & the Vietnam War David F Shmitz provides students of US history & the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a brief & accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years Richard Nixon came into office seeking a decisive victory in Vietnam & expanded the war in hopes of upholding a policy of containment protecting America's credibility & defying the growing antiwar movement However by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence & seek a negotiated end to the war Aided by recently declassified documents Schmitz provides a comprehensive analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy during the first years of his administration clearly demonstrating that Nixon pursued military victory & providing a new periodization for our understanding of the Vietnam War ...

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