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“A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground.” —-Los Angeles Times Book Review“The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him—-especially in the hands of a dedicated historian.”—-The San Diego Union
“Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He’s an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story.”—-The New York Times Book Review
“Ms. Penman’s novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life.” —-Chattanooga Daily Times
Overview
A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III—-a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history
In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—-vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—-from his maligned place in history with a dazzling combination of research and storytelling.
Born into the treacherous courts of ...