The bitter deformed brother of the King is secretly plotting to seize the throne of Engl&. Charming & duplicitous powerfully eloquent & viciously cruel he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal & in his skilful manipulation of events & people Richard is a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil & the temptation of power. ...

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Features: * Study methods * Introduction to the text * Summaries with critical notes * Themes & techniques

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The first biography to show what Richard III was really like. Not many people would claim to be saints or alternatively consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet afterwards Duke of Gloucester & later still King Richard III. Richards character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended & the arguments between his detractors & supporters still rage after several centuries. Was he a ruthless hunchback who butchered his way to the throne a paragon of virtue who became a victim of Tudor propaganda or (as seems more likely) something in between? Some would argue that a true biography is impossible because the letters & other personal documents required for this purpose are simply not available; but David Baldwin has overcome this by an in-depth study of his dealings with his contemporaries. The fundamental question he has answered is what was Richard III really like. ...

Paul Murray Kendalls account of the life of Richard III explores not only the man himself but also the ways that he has influenced culture: Richard also played a central role in several literary works most notably as a character of William Shakespeares. Kendalls analysis of how others perceived Richard is central to the character study. ...

In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard IIIs mortal remains verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest her 2009 paperback has been updated with details of the discovery plus new illustrations & a larger typeface for easier readability. Carsons premise is that for centuries the vision of Richard III has been dominated by the fictional creations of Thomas More & Shakespeare. Many voices some of them eminent & scholarly have urged a more reasoned view to replace the traditional black portrait. This book seeks to redress the balance by examining the events of his reign as they actually happened based on reports in the original sources. Eschewing the overlay of assumptions so beloved by historians she instead traces actions & activities of the principal characters using facts & time-lines revealed in documentary evidence. In the process Carson dares to investigate areas where historians fear to tread & raises many controversial questions. ...

The only biography to include the findings of the archaeological dig in the Leicester car park. Not many people would claim to be saints or alternatively consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet afterwards Duke of Gloucester & later still King Richard III. Richard's character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended & the arguments between his detractors & supporters still rage after several centuries. Was he a ruthless hunchback who butchered his way to the throne a paragon of virtue who became a victim of Tudor propaganda or (as seems more likely) something in between? Some would argue that a true biography is impossible because the letters & other personal documents required for this purpose are simply not available; but David Baldwin has overcome this by an in-depth study of his dealings with his contemporaries. The fundamental question he has answered is 'what was Richard III really like'. Consists of 81 illustrations 57 of which are in colour. ...

Richard III is accused of murdering his nephews (the Princes in the Tower) in order to usurp the throne of Engl&. Since Tudor times he has been painted as the black legend the murderous uncle. However the truth is much more complicated & interesting. Rather than looking at all the killings Richard III did not commit this book focuses on the one execution for which we know that he was responsible. On Friday 13 June 1483 William Lord Hastings was hustled from a meeting of the Royal Council & summarily executed on Tower Green within the confines of the Tower of London. Peter A. Hancock sheds light on the mystery of this precipitate & unadvised action by the then Duke of Gloucester & reveals the key role of William Catesby in Richards ascent to the throne of Engl&. It explains his curious actions during that tumultuous summer of three kings & provides an explanation for the fate of the Princes in the Tower. ...

A major new biography of the young Richard III. Richard III is a paradox
- the most hated of English kings yet the most beloved
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Includes: regular exercises for students to complete practical ideas to try out examiner's tips & suggestions for further
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THE STAKE In an abandoned hotel in a Californian ghost town horror writer Larry Dunbar & his friends make a chilling discovery. By chance they stumble on a coffin hidden under the stairs. Within lies the corpse of a naked female
- with a stake through its heart. Was she the innocent victim of a gruesome murder? Or was she a vampire? Theres only one way for Larry to solve the mystery
- he must pull out the stake...FUNLAND A series of unexplained disappearances has cast a dark shadow over the summer pleasures over the seaside town of Boleta Bay. & holiday-makers are being threatened by a growing army of leering foul-mouthed bums who have taken over the promenade. Convinced that the down-&-outs are behind the abductions a gang of local teenagers decide to wreak violent revenge. Led by the charismatic Tanya the gang graduate from simple beatings to more sinister punishments. & as they grow more daring their campaign leads them to the old abandoned Funhouse where the real truth of the disappearances awaits them...

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