Richard III: England's Black Legend
Desmond Seward
- New York Franklin Watts 1983
- 220 p.
Includes Index & Bibliography
The difficult birth -- Our brother of Gloucester -- Warwick tries to unmake a king -- The wheel of fortune -- First blood -- The rivalry with Clarence -- Richard in the north -- Protector and defender -- "King Richard the Third" -- "Him that had best cause to be true" -- The death of Richard's son -- "Our great heaviness" -- "The King's enemies be a-land".
A biography of the controversial British monarch examines the evidence of his guilt in politically motivated murders and attempts to portray his complex personality.