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Neither a feckless knight-errant nor a king who neglected his kingdom Richard I was in reality a masterful & businesslike ruler In this wholly rewritten version of a classic account of the reign of Richard The Lionheart John Gillingham scrutinizes the reasons for the King's fluctuating reputation over successive centuries & provides a convincing new interpretation of the significance of the reign This edition

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Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works lucid eloquent & boldly structured It can be seen as a tragedy or a historical play or a political drama or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England's national identity Today to some of us Richard II may appear conservative; but in Shakespeare's day it could appear subversive I am Richard II' declared an indignant Queen Elizabeth Numerous recent revivals in the theatre & on screen have demonstrated the enduring power & poignancy of this drama of the downfall of an egoistic but pitiable monarch Richard II is the seventeenth volume in the Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series in which each volume has been freshly edited by Cedric Watts ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Includes: a new foreword by the author The story of the death in sinister circumstances of the boy-king Edward V & his
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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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