| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 416 pages) : illustrations |
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Yale English Monarchs series |
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Yale English monarchs.
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| Contents |
Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Pedigree 1: The royal line of succession -- 1. Myths ancient and modern: the shaping of Richard III -- 2. From infancy to adolescence: formative experiences 1452-68 -- 3. The young adult: the second war 1469-71 -- 4. Adult maturity: the king's servant 1471-5 -- 5. Forging the future 1471-83 -- 6. Lord of the north 1471-83 -- 7. Richard as ̀good lord' -- 8. Strategic foresight I: Gloucester's wish list 1477-8 -- 9. Career culmination: the Scottish war 1480-3 -- 10. Changing trajectories: the road to the crown 1483 -- 11. Richard III: the consolidation of the regime -- 12. The creation of an opposition: Buckingham's rebellion 1483 -- 13. Counterattack: rebuilding the regime 1483-5 -- 14. Strategic foresight II: so many enterprises -- 15. Setbacks and adversity 1483-5 -- 16. Defeat, disaster, and death: the battle of Bosworth -- Select bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch--the most infamous king in British history |
| Notes |
Print version record; online resource viewed June 4, 2021 |
| Subject |
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485.
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Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 fast |
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Richard III. England, König 1452-1485 gnd |
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Biography.
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Kings and rulers
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Biography.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056774
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Great Britain
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300253047 |
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0300253044 |
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