{"product_id":"2026100010670-secondhand-richard-iii","title":"Richard III","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: no slipcase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in English history have been as persistently maligned — and as fiercely defended — as Richard III, the last Plantagenet king whose brief reign ended on the blood-soaked field of Bosworth in 1485. Paul Murray Kendall's landmark biography cuts through centuries of Tudor propaganda and Shakespearean caricature to present a meticulously researched and compellingly human portrait of a monarch whose ambition, courage, and ultimate tragedy defined the end of an era. Drawing on primary sources with a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's flair, Kendall reconstructs the turbulent world of fifteenth-century England — its treacherous court politics, dynastic warfare, and the razor-thin margins between loyalty and betrayal.\n\nKendall's prose carries the sweep and drama of the age itself, balancing forensic historical analysis with a narrative vitality that brings Richard and his contemporaries vividly to life. This distinguished Folio Society edition, graced with an introduction by the eminent cultural historian Sir Roy Strong, stands as both a collector's treasure and a serious work of historical scholarship. The central question Kendall poses — whether Richard was villain or victim of history's cruellest pen — continues to provoke and unsettle, leaving the reader to weigh the evidence of a reign that still refuses to rest quietly in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736432185563,"sku":"2026100010670-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a5616ea5-603e-4637-b3be-1ba482be4e88.png?v=1792122990","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010670-secondhand-richard-iii","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}