Richard III (Penguin Monarchs)

A Failed King?

Rosemary Horrox

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English

Penguin
31 July 2020

Biography: historical, political & military; History; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Penguin Monarchs

An authoritative account of a defeated king, who destroyed the House of York in his efforts to preserve it

No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the years since, more than Richard III. He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and died fighting his subjects on the battlefield. This is the vision of Richard we have inherited from Shakespeare, villainous and hunchbacked. Equally, he inspired great loyalty in his followers, who saw him as a victim of circumstance, backed into a corner by his brother's in-laws, the self-aggrandizing Woodville family.

In this enlightening, even-handed study, Rosemary Horrox builds a complex picture of a king who by any standard metric failed as a monarch. He was killed after only two years on the throne, without an heir, and brought such a decisive end to the House of York that Henry Tudor was able to seize the throne, despite his extremely tenuous claim. Whether Richard was undone by his own fierce ambition, or by the legacy of a Yorkist dynasty which was already profoundly dysfunctional, the end result was the same- Richard III destroyed the very dynasty which he had spent his life so passionately defending.

By: Rosemary Horrox
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 186mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 201g
ISBN: 9780141978932
ISBN 10: 0141978937
Series: Penguin Monarchs
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 31 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Rosemary Horrox is a Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Her books include Richard III- A Study of Service.