List of biographies of Richard III of England

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List of published printed works in English where Richard III of England is among the main subjects.

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TitleYearAuthorReference
Richard III2024Andrea McMillin [1]
Richard III's books2024 Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs [2]
The Hours of Richard III2024 Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs [3]
Richard III's bodies2022Jeffrey R. Wilson [4]
The King's Grave/The Lost King2022 Philippa Langley, John Ashdown-Hill [5]
Richard III: A Failed King?2021 Rosemary Horrox [6]
Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me2020Matthew Lewis [7]
Richard III in the North2020MJ Trow [8]
This Son of York2019 Anne Easter Smith [9]
Richard III: Fact and Fiction2019Matthew Lewis [10]
Richard III: The Self-Made King2019 Michael Hicks [11]
Richard III: Brother Protector King/Englands’ Most Controversial King2018 Chris Skidmore [12]
The Children of Richard III2018Peter Hammond [13]
The Family of Richard III2017 Michael Hicks [14]
The Mythology of Richard III2016 John Ashdown-Hill [15]
On the Trail of Richard III2016Kristie Dean [16]
Richard III2015 David Baldwin [17]
Richard III: A Ruler and his reputation2015 David Horspool [18]
The Bones of a King2015 Maev Kennedy and Lin Foxhall [19]
Digging for Richard III2015 Michael Pitts [20]
The Man who killed Richard III2015Susan Fern [21]
Richard III: The King in the car park2015 Terry Breverton [22]
Richard III: The Road to Leicester2014Amy Licence
Richard III: A Short Guide to the Great Debate2013 Annette Carson
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower2011 Alison Weir [23]
Richard III and the murder in the tower2011Peter A. Hancock
The Last Days of Richard III2010 John Ashdown-Hill
Richard III and the death of chivalry2009David Hipshon
Richard III: The Young King to Be2009Josephine Wilkinson
Richard III: The Maligned King2008 Annette Carson
Royal Blood1998 Bertram Fields
Richard III: A Sourcebook1997Keith Dockray [24]
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower1991A J Pollard [25]
Richard III: The Road to Bosworth1985 Anne F. Sutton [26]
The Trial of Richard III1984Richard Drewett [27]
Richard III1983Charles Derek Ross [28]
Richard III1983 Desmond Seward [29]
Good King Richard?1983Jeremy Potter [30]
Richard III and his early historians1975Alison Hanham [31]
The Life and Times of Richard III1972Anthony Cheetham [32]
The Betrayal of Richard III1959Vivian Beatrix Lamb [33]
Richard the Third 1955 Paul Murray Kendall
Richard III: His Life and Character1905 Clements Markham
History of the Life and Reign of Richard III1898James Gairdner [34]
The Unpopular King1885Alfred Owen Legge [35]
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III1768 Horace Walpole [36]
The History of Richard III1619 George Buck [37]
Richard III1513 Thomas More
The Usurpation of Richard III1485 Dominic Mancini

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References

  1. ↑ McMillin, A. C. (30 November 2024). Richard III. Pen & Sword History. ISBN   978-1-4738-6789-5.
  2. ↑ Sutton, Anne F.; Visser-Fuchs, Livia (29 February 2024). Richard III's Books: Ideals and Reality in the Life and Library of a Medieval Prince. History Press. ISBN   978-1-80399-636-3.
  3. ↑ Sutton, Anne F.; Visser-Fuchs, Livia (29 February 2024). The Hours of Richard III. History Press. ISBN   978-1-80399-637-0.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Jeffrey R. (2 October 2022). Richard III's Bodies from Medieval England to Modernity: Shakespeare and Disability History. Temple University Press. ISBN   978-1-4399-2267-5.
  5. ↑ Langley, Philippa; Jones, Michael (3 October 2013). The Lost King: The Search for Richard III. John Murray Press. ISBN   978-1-84854-892-3.
  6. ↑ Horrox, Rosemary (24 September 2020). Richard III (Penguin Monarchs): A Failed King?. Penguin UK. ISBN   978-0-14-197894-9.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Matthew (15 September 2018). Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-7155-0.
  8. ↑ Trow, M. J. (28 December 2020). Richard III in the North. Pen and Sword History. ISBN   978-1-5267-7718-8.
  9. ↑ Smith, Anne Easter (October 2022). This Son of York. EasterSmith Press. ISBN   979-8-218-05188-4.
  10. ↑ Lewis, Matthew (2019). Richard III. Pen & Sword Books Limited. ISBN   978-1-5267-2797-8.
  11. ↑ Hicks, Michael (26 November 2019). Richard III. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-21429-1.
  12. ↑ Skidmore, Chris (21 September 2017). Richard III: Brother, Protector, King. Orion. ISBN   978-0-297-87079-1.
  13. ↑ Hammond, Peter (28 April 2018). Children Of Richard III. Fonthill Media.
  14. ↑ Hicks, Michael (15 March 2015). The Family of Richard III. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-2134-0.
  15. ↑ Ashdown-Hill, John (15 April 2015). The Mythology of Richard III. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-4473-8.
  16. ↑ Dean, Kristie (15 May 2016). On the Trail of Richard III. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4456-5997-8.
  17. ↑ Baldwin, David (15 April 2015). Richard III. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-1820-3.
  18. ↑ Horspool, David (6 June 2017). Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN   978-1-4729-4619-5.
  19. ↑ The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered. John Wiley & Sons. 27 April 2015. ISBN   978-1-118-78314-6.
  20. ↑ Pitts, Michael W.; Pitts, Mike (2015). Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King. Thames & Hudson. ISBN   978-0-500-29202-0.
  21. ↑ Fern, Susan (15 May 2014). The Man Who Killed Richard III: Who Dealt the Fatal Blow at Bosworth?. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-1988-0.
  22. ↑ Breverton, Terry (15 October 2013). Richard III: The King in the Car Park. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-4456-2111-1.
  23. ↑ Weir, Alison (2011-04-18). The Princes In The Tower. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4464-4919-6.
  24. ↑ Dockray, Keith (1997). Richard III: A Source Book. Sutton Pub. ISBN   978-0-7509-1785-8.
  25. ↑ Pollard, A. J. (2002). Richard III and the Princes in the Tower. Sutton. ISBN   978-0-7509-3022-2.
  26. ↑ Hammond, P. W.; Sutton, Anne F. (1985). Richard III: The Road to Bosworth Field. Constable. ISBN   978-0-09-466160-8.
  27. ↑ Drewett, Richard; Redhead, Mark (1984). The Trial of Richard III. A. Sutton. ISBN   978-0-86299-198-2.
  28. ↑ Drewett, Richard; Redhead, Mark (1984). The Trial of Richard III. A. Sutton. ISBN   978-0-86299-198-2.
  29. ↑ Seward, Desmond (15 July 2014). Richard III. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-60598-603-6.
  30. ↑ Potter, Jeremy (20 April 2014). Good King Richard?. A&C Black. ISBN   978-1-4482-1412-9.
  31. ↑ Hanham, Alison (1975). Richard III and His Early Historians, 1483-1535. Clarendon Press. ISBN   978-0-19-822434-1.
  32. ↑ Cheetham, Anthony (1998). The Life and Times of Richard III. Welcome Rain. ISBN   978-1-56649-038-2.
  33. ↑ Lamb, Vivien B. (1968). The Betrayal of Richard III. Mitre P. ISBN   978-0-7051-0019-9.
  34. ↑ Gairdner, James (1879). History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third: To which is Added The Story of Perkin Warbeck, from Original Documents. Longmans, Green, and Company.
  35. ↑ Legge, Alfred Owen (1885). The Unpopular King: The Life and Times of Richard III. Ward and Downey.
  36. ↑ Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. J. Dodsley. 1768. ISBN   978-0-87471-457-9.
  37. ↑ Buck, Sir George (1982). The History of King Richard the Third (1619). A. Sutton. ISBN   978-0-904387-26-1.

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