The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752492056
Category : Genetic genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents details about what Richard III did in his last five months, describing him not as a passive victim but as a leader actively pursuing his own policies, with further information on what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada.

The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752498665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.

LAST DAYS OF RICHARD III AND THE FATE OF HIS DNA

Author: JOHN. ASHDOWN-HILL
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781803997995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Sunne In Splendour

Author: Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429930098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 945

Book Description
The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, 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. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever.

The Last Days of Richard III

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher: History PressLtd
ISBN: 9780752454047
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
This book contains details about what Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada. This book explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, this book presents a new Richard - not a passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own policies and agenda.

The Third Plantagenet

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750955392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence and we are faced with a series of questions. Where was he born? What was he really like? Was it his unpredictable behaviour that set him against his brother Edward IV? George played a central role in the Wars of the Roses played out by his brothers. But was he for York or Lancaster? Who was really responsible for his execution? Is the story of his drowning in a barrel of wine really true? And was ‘false, fleeting, perjur’d Clarence’ in some ways the role model behind the sixteenth-century defamation of Richard III? Finally, where was he buried and what became of his body? Can the DNA used recently to test the remains of his younger brother, Richard III, also reveal the truth about the supposed ‘Clarence bones’ in Tewkesbury? John Ashdown Hill exposes the myths surrounding this pivotal and central Plantagenet, with remarkable results.

The Bones of a King

Author: The Grey Friars Research Team
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111878314X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
The dramatic story of Richard III, England's last medieval king, captured the world's attention when an archaeological team led by the University of Leicester identified his remains in February 2013. The Bones of a King presents the official behind-the-scenes story of the Grey Friars dig from the team of specialists who discovered and identified his remains The most extensive and authoritative book written for non-specialists by the expert team who discovered and analysed the remains of Richard III Features more than 40 illustrations, maps and photographs Builds an expansive view of Richard's life, death and burial, as well as accounts of the treatment of his body prior to burial, and his legacy in the public imagination from the time of his death to the present Explains the scientific evidence behind his identification, including DNA retrieval and sequencing, soil samples, his wounds and his scoliosis, and what they reveal about his life, his health and even the food he ate A behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exciting historical discoveries of our time

Finding Richard III:

Author: A.J. Carson
Publisher: Imprimis Imprimatur
ISBN: 0957684037
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Their task was to locate a lost grave in an obliterated church. The ‘Looking For Richard’ team of historians and researchers spent many years amassing evidence. Now for the first time they reveal the full story of how that evidence took them to a car park in Leicester.

The Last Days of Richard III

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752462504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
What Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada A new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, this book presents a new Richard—no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own policies and agenda. It also reexamines the aftermath of Bosworth—the treatment of Richard's body, his burial, and the construction of his tomb. Based on newly discovered evidence and wider insights it explores the motives underlying these events. And there is the fascinating story of why and how Richard III's DNA was rediscovered, alive and well, and living in Canada. This is a stimulating and thought-provoking account of the end of Richard's life—even readers very familiar with his short life will discover a new and fascinating picture of him.

Richard III's 'Beloved Cousyn'

Author: John Ashdown-Hill
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752486713
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Richard III's Beloved Cousyn.