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Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York.
King Richard III Visitor Centre is a museum in Leicester, England that showcases the life of King Richard III and the story of the discovery, exhumation, and reburial of his remains in 2012–2015. For a long time, the burial place of Richard III was uncertain, although the site of his burial was assumed to be in a Leicester car park.
The Richard III Experience at Monk Bar (formerly known as the Richard III Museum) was located in Monk Bar, the tallest of the four gatehouses in the historical city walls of York, England. It described the life of Richard III , the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty.
State-of-the-art technology has helped to create an avatar of the voice and face of Britain's Richard III over 500 years after his death in battle.
Watch as King Richard III has been given a Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology. The digital avatar of the medieval king went on display in front of history buffs at York Theatre ...
The Children of Richard III 2018 Peter Hammond [13] The Family of Richard III 2017 Michael Hicks [14] The Mythology of Richard III 2016 John Ashdown-Hill [15] On the Trail of Richard III 2016 Kristie Dean [16] Richard III 2015 David Baldwin [17] Richard III: A Ruler and his reputation 2015 David Horspool [18] The Bones of a King 2015
The prologue describes the situation before Richard's birth, leading up to the Wars of the Roses. The first major part deals with Richard's early life as son of Richard, Duke of York and brother to Edward IV. It covers Richard's youth and his life as Duke of Gloucester (13 chapters) as well as his role as "Lord of the North" (6 chapters).
In the book, Penman characterizes King Richard III as a good, but misunderstood, ruler. [3] She chose to write Richard's character this way after becoming fascinated with his story and researching his life, both in the US and in the UK, which led her to believe that "his was a classic case of history being rewritten by the victor". [4]