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Richard II, King of England, 1377–1399: A True King’s Fall

By Kathryn Warner

Book information

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Year
2018
ISBN
1445662787, 9781445662787
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (1777880 bytes)
Pages
352\0
Topic
History\\Memoirs, Biographies
Time added
2019-07-31 07:04:51

Description

Richard II is a figure famous in England's national myths - the king who went insane, the narcissist, the tyrant of Shakespeare's play. History regards his rule either as that of a superhuman monarch or a crazed and vicious ruler. But Richard II was a complex and conflicted man - a person with faults and shortcomings thrust into a role that demanded greatness. In this book, Kathryn Warner returns with a biography of Richard II, which paints a portrait of the king with all of his strengths and imperfections left in the picture. An aesthete and patron of the arts as well as a person troubled by a much-maligned 'personality disorder', Richard II here emerges from behind the mask of a theatrical character.

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