The greatest true-crime story in music history.
In the summer of 1980, ten years after the break-up of the Beatles,
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new & uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat & death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; & the construction of his tomb. & there is the fascinating story of why, & how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive & well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, Engl&, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig & completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, & how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.