![]() ![]() But he was a loyal and accomplished warrior, fighting to restore his brother, King Edward IV to the throne during the War of the Roses. ![]() He was a medieval man, after all, seeking the highest place in the land. I doubt we'll ever know the real truth, though I tend to think that he was, perhaps, a little of both. Who was Richard? Was he really the villain he is portrayed to be in Shakespeare's tragic play (whence the title's quote comes)? Was he the diabolical instigator of the murders of the Princes in the Tower? Or is he really the innocent as portrayed in Josephine Tey's 1951 novella The Daughter of Time?Įarliest surviving portrait of Richard III, 1520 The crown went to Welsh Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who became Henry VII of England, father to the infamous and ubiquitous Henry VIII. In 1485, King Richard III of England was unhorsed and killed on Bosworth field. ![]()
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