A balanced, enduringly persuasive biography that cuts through myth and polemic to present a measured, evidence-based portrait of Richard III as a flawed ruler rather than a villainous caricature.
When he was killed at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, Richard III was venerated by some contemporaries and vilified by others. Even now, five hundred and forty years later, this monarch divides opinion more than Marmite. Not many medieval kings can boast legions of...
