Richard III (1452-85) died at the battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485. His reign, which had lasted only two years, had been marked by great controversy.

For centuries, his reputation was blackened by the works of Sir Thomas More, the Tudor spin-doctor, who was ably aided by Shakespeare's play, which portrayed the last Plantagenet king as a hunch-backed monster. However, since the 1960s, Richard's reputation has been restored somewhat, so that he is often now regarded, not as the murderer of the two princes in the Tower, but as a hard-working monarch ruling at an extremely difficult time.

At Bosworth, Richard shouted, 'Treason! Treason! Treason!' as he bravely tried to attack his opponent Henry Tudor before being cut down by hitherto loyal troops. The king's naked corpse was carried by pack horse to Leicester, exposed for two days, then buried at Greyfriars in the city. During the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII (Henry Tudor's son), Richard's tomb was destroyed and his bones were thrown into the River Soar.

Richard was the last English king to die in battle. His death ended the War of the Roses and led to the rise of a new dynasty in England – the Tudors.

Ich habe heute DIESES Buch bekommen und bin schon sehr gespannt.

Nanu, haben wir da alle das gleiche Buch? :stupid:

Ich hab mein Exemplar am Sonntag auf dem Flohmarkt gekauft.

Also, es ist keine Liebesgeschichte, in der man sich richtig verlieren kann...und auch in Richard hab ich mich nicht verliebt und das mach ich eigentlich ganz gerne.