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A historian claims to have proof that the Princes in the Tower of London were not murdered by their uncle Richard III.Most ...
But now the traditional funeral crown that Richard III never had, has gone on display in York. The golden headpiece was commissioned for the last king of the House of York by a leading historian ...
Richard III is the third of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Richard III, the most notorious of Shakespeare’s kings, manipulates his way through the court on a ruthless ...
In a public display, Richard III refuses the crown when it is offered to him. But all this is nothing more than an act. He then pretends to succumb to the entreaties of his ally Buckingham and the ...
READ: Richard III: The mystery of the King and the car parking ... and a Bible and specially-commissioned crown were laid atop the casket, the latter by a local Brownie, 9-year-old Emma ...
Editor’s Note: Dan Jones is a historian and newspaper columnist based in London. His new book, “The Plantagenets” (Viking), is published in the U.S. this spring. Follow him on Twitter.
A production at the Shakespeare’s Globe theater faced criticism because a nondisabled actor plays the scheming king. But disputes like these miss the point, our critic writes. By Houman Barekat ...
An illustrator imagines Richard III on a white horse in battle on the ... a willingness to do whatever it took to get the crown, including usurpation, proxy murder, and summary arrests and ...
We recently learned for the first time how Richard III died, and now we also know how ... royal in the ongoing miniseries "The Hollow Crown," and BBC Two offered the public its first look at ...
Like Richard III, I’d farm it out!” Cumberbatch appears in The Hollow Crown Parts Two and Three on BBC2 on 14 and 21 May.
Richard III is the third of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Richard III, the most notorious of Shakespeare’s kings, manipulates his way through the court on a ruthless ...