Richard the Third
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393007855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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lovely if purple writing Aspie Lass and IT Man - Eliz Massey only reason I couldn't give this five stars is because the author so obviously adores Richard. He tends to colorize events a little bit, and the subject is nonfiction so I can't totally condone that. However, it doesn't hurt the reading experience at all. He paints a beautiful picture of the time period, better than many a. Bloody brilliant Anne It seems that you can find two camps comcerning Richard III - people who think that he was truly the deforemed monster portrayed by Shakespeare or those who think that he ought to be canonized. Paul Murray Kendall did an excellent job of rendering a portrait of King Richard III that does not revolve around the typical Tudo. Client Kindle said Superior, academic biography. You have to forgive Mr. Kendall his dilligent and thorough exposition at times. Once you do, you'll be amazed by this story of Richard III. A complex era, to be sure, and Kendall's Richard seems at times ruthless, at other times an amazingly disciplined and loyal member of his society--a sort of Heracles figure on occassio
. Paul Murray Kendall (1911-1973) is the author of Warwick the Kingmaker, The Yorkist Age, Louis XI, and The Art of Biography
Rowse, Chicago TribuneA definitive biography of Richard III. The best biography of Richard III that has been written. It is a noteworthy performance. L. -- A. -- Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review
L. "The best biography of Richard III that has been written."A. Rowse, Chicago Tribune Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure. 4 b/w illustrations.