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The Mythology of Richard III
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Richard III. The name will conjure an image for any reader: Shakespeare's hunchback tyrant who killed his own nephews or a long-denigrated, misunderstood king. This one man's character and actions have divided historians and the controversy has always kept interest in Richard alive. However, curiosity surrounding his life and death has reached unprecedented heights in the aftermath of the discovery of his skeleton under a Leicester car park. The myths that have always swirled around Richard III have risen and multiplied and it is time to set the record straight. John Ashdown-Hill, whose research was instrumental in the discovery of Richard III's remains, explores and unravels the web of myths in this fascinating book.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- Part 1 - The Geography of Richard III
- Part 2 - The Path to the Throne
- Part 3 - Richardās Religion
- Part 4 - The Monster King
- Part 5 - Legends of Richardās Last Days
- Part 6 - Richard IIIās Dead Body
- Part 7 - Kudos, Fantasies and Profit
- Conclusions
- Picture Section
- Appendix 1 - Potential candidates for identity with the Leicester Greyfriars bones
- Appendix 2 - The Plantagenet Y-chromosome (email correspondence between the author and Dr Turi King of the University of Leicester, September 2012)
- Appendix 3 - Suggested amendments proposed by the Looking For Richard Project Team to the article āThe King in the Car Parkā, as published in the journal Antiquity
- Appendix 4 - Correspondence with the editor of Antiquity regarding the amendments proposed in Appendix 3 (above)
- Appendix 5 - Misleading interpretations from Leicester
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- List of Illustrations