Richard II
A True King's Fall
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2017
352 pages
978-1-4456-6279-4 (ISBN)
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 the first modern biography of Richard II in decades, to paint 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, color
ISBN-13
978-1-4456-6279-4 (9781445662794)
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