| History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third to Which Is Added the Story of Perkin Warbeck from Original Documents Contributor(s): Gairdner, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417946350 ISBN-13: 9781417946358 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: 1878. Gairdner writes in the Preface that: ...I must record my impression that a minute study of the facts of Richard's life has tended more and more to convince me of the general fidelity of the portrait with which we have been made familiar by Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More. Contents: Richard's Career as Duke of Gloucester until the Death of Edward IV; Acts of Richard as Protector; Termination of the Protectorship; Murder of the Princes and Rebellion of the Duke of Buckingham; Richard's Government, his Parliament and his relations with Foreign Powers; Invasion of Richmond: -Defeat and Death of Richard; and The Story of Perkin Warbeck. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 436 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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