The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds

from jcbrunner

Philippa Langley had been the driving force behind the re-discovery of the English king Richard III. In the media reporting about the event, she has been mostly elbowed aside by the professionals and gadflies of the university of Leicester. She was also very unfortunately presented as an emotiona...

from thornton37814

Philippa Langley was behind the discovery of King Richard III's body under the car park in England. This book gives an account of Richard's life, showing differences in the real Richard III and the Tudor version of Richard III, as well as the account of the discovery of his resting place. The aut...

from lostinalibrary

Most of us know Richard III from Shakespeare's famous play, notably written for a Tudor audience, as a monster, crippled both in body and soul, who viciously killed the innocent princes in the tower so that he could steal the throne. However, there are many who don't share this Tudor depiction of...

from BoundTogetherForGood

In September 2012 I heard that the burial ground of King Richard III had finally been located and unearthed in Grey Friar's Priory, Leicester, England. This Spring I heard the movie about it was being released. I wanted to know more, so I listened to the audioversion of The King's Grave by Philli...

from PennyAnne

Hugely entertaining account of the discovery of Richard III's skeleton in a car park in Leicester in 2012. Chapters alternate between the current time and the work to uncover the skeleton and a re-visioned history of the last English king to be killed in battle. Did Richard murder the princes in ...