Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir · 1916

[Frontispiece: _King Richard III. From a picture in the National Portrait Gallery_] There are periods of history when the greatest caution is called for in accepting statements put forward by a dominant faction. Very early in my life I came to the conclusion that the period which witnessed the change of dynasties from Plantagenet to Tudor was one of these. The caricature of the last Plantagenet King was too grotesque, and too grossly opposed to his character derived from official records. The stories were an outrage on common-sense. I studied the subject at intervals for many years, and in the course of my researches I found that I more or less shared my doubts with every author of rep…

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