Richard Iii: England's Black Legend - Tapa blanda

Richard III (1452-85) was the only Northcountryman (by adoption) ever to reign over England, the only king since 1066 to be killed in battle - but was he anything like the scheming monster portrayed by Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More? There are obvious reasons why the usurping Tudor dynasty might have wanted to blacken the reputation of the last Plantagenet, so some historians claim that Richard's 'black legend' is nothing more than political propaganda. Yet such an interpretation, as Desmond Seward shows in this powerfully argued book, suggests a total refusal to face the facts.