Ruthless schemer, potential child murderer, helpless pawn in a real world game of thrones or tragic victim? Anne of Warwick has been called them all.
Surely I can’t have been the only person to think the world had gone bonkers as I viewed the televised travesty involving the remains of the usurper-king, Richard III, writes MICHAEL THORNTON.
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The figure that has actually provoked the worldwide press coverage is not the historical Richard III but, rather, the fantastic villain that Shakespeare …
A book that was given to Richard III (inset) while he was still a young teenager has been rediscovered and has gone on public display for the first time in Wiltshire.
There is a popular legend that, prior to the battle of Bosworth, King Richard III spent the night of 20-21 August (and possibly also the night of 19-20 August) in Leicester, at an inn, later known as the ‘Blue Boar’, but which at that time may have been called the ‘White Boar’ in Northgate Street, a fine timbered building in the town centre. The implication behind this story appears to be that, since the inn bore Richard’s own personal badge […]
To great fanfare and cheers, scientists announced to the world that the skeleton found under a council car park in Leicester is that of Richard III.
Previously secret documents show that the Church of England, backed by the Queen, has refused repeated requests by experts to test skeletons in Westminster Abbey.
Julian Humphrys explores the extraordinary life and changing reputation of England's most controversial king
New DNA tests reveal Britain’s long-lost King Richard III was blue-eyed and likely blond-haired, but they also raise intriguing questions.
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A book that was given to Richard III (inset) while he was still a young teenager has been rediscovered and has gone on public display for the first time in Wiltshire.
He returned from exile, defeated Richard III, and was crowned king on the spot. But Henry VII had a challenge on his hands.
Hollywoodstar Benedict Cumberbatch played a starring role during today's reburial of England's infamous medieval monarch
A WORLD-famous late 16th century portrait of Richard III will go on display at the Yorkshire Museum as part of a new exhibition.
If you're interested in medieval English history, you may at some stage have come across the works of Matthew Paris. A monk of St Albans in Hertfordshire, Matthew Paris (c. 1200–1259) wrote his chronicles of the history of England over several decades, constantly revising and updating his information; he is...
To great fanfare and cheers, scientists announced to the world that the skeleton found under a council car park in Leicester is that of Richard III.
A book that was given to Richard III (inset) while he was still a young teenager has been rediscovered and has gone on public display for the first time in Wiltshire.
King Richard III's remains arrive at Leicester Cathedral ahead of his reburial.
Aspiring historian Jayne Lyons has pinned her career hopes on proving that her ancestor, King Richard III, is innocent of the murder of the Princes in the Tower. While volunteering at the search for his missing grave, she is cast back into the brutal 15th century, in the middle of Richard's army camp. As Jayne realizes she may not be able to return home, she adjusts to her new life and finds herself falling for Richard, and becoming his mistress. She even starts entertaining the hope of saving him. But the Princes are missing, and all evidence points to Richard. When he asks her to spy for him against his enemy, Henry Tudor, she must decide whether to help the man she loves, even though he may be one of history's greatest villains. | Author: Anne-Marie Lacy | Publisher: City Owl Press | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2017 | Number of Pages: 298 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1944728430 | ISBN-13: 9781944728434
Muffled as a mark of respect, bells will chime and ring from Dadlington to Desford to provide a real-time soundtrack to the solemn procession
King Richard III. Illustration for a Halifax Building Society presentation booklet entitled Monarchs of England, Houses of England, compiled by Ernest Cummins, Bradford, c 1936.
