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The subsequent English Monarchs titles, Henry III () and Edward the Confessor () did not list the Hicks Richard III in the series, yet the second volume of Henry III () did list the Hicks Richard III in the series. It's ambiguous status is unlikely to change and we will observe Richard III by Professor Hicks as a ‘Companion’ to the series, a continuation of the work of Charles Ross.

In this case it is a Yale English history book more honoured in the breach than the observance. This website is using the term 'Companion books' for biographies not in the series of individuals who were consorts, regents, in line of succession, contestants or shared the throne - or in this case a king.

Readers now have a choice of two fine Yale biographies on this king and with different missions; Hicks has a depth of knowledge on the subject and familiarity with the latest research about Richard.

Ross stated that his aim was to synthesise all views of Richard, to comment on the veracity of each aspect of commentary on Richard and to tell the story of his rise and fall.

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In the first full biography of Richard III in fifty years, Chris Skidmore draws on new manuscript evidence to reassess Richard's life and times. Richard III examines in intense detail Richard's inner nature and his complex relations with those around him to unravel the mystery of the last English monarch to die on the battlefield.

With the publication of this book Michael Hicks joins Charles Ross as a contributor to Yale's Ricardian scholarship and we are fortunate to have both. Indeed, the connection is closer than that suggests: Michael Hicks studied under Charles Ross for his final undergraduate year, marking out this new book as building on the work done by Ross.

Professor Hicks is the most recent of Yale English history author to have a Yale book published after several earlier biographies; this is the culmination of a lifetime's research on a topic, using the growth of understanding and scholarship to craft the work to the pinacle of the profession.

It is common, too, for academic biographers to have built their work through research published in professional journals, although this work is not seen by the public and not easily accessed. Recent additions to the series by Timothy Bolton (Cnut the Great), David Bates (William the Conqueror), and W. Mark Ormrod (Edward III) - to name a few - have shown that the English Monarchs series is seen by these eminent scholars as the place to have their most important works repose.

This new book by Professor Hicks confirms a developing trend of Yale refreshing the series' titles as the opportunity arises.

This commenced in with the new David Bates study of William the Conqueror replacing the David Douglas book and continues into with' Edward the Confessor'.

The spine of Richard III has an addition which shows great attention to detail. Under the vertical book title is a decoration which is copied from the badge or brooch on the cap Richard is wearing in the National Portrait Gallery image used on the cover.

Richard iii new biography vancouver washington In the first full biography of Richard III in fifty years, Chris Skidmore draws on new manuscript evidence to reassess Richard's life and times. Richard III examines in intense detail Richard's inner nature and his complex relations with those around him to unravel the mystery of the last English monarch to die on the battlefield.

The book's cover has an abbreviated portrait of Richard. This is the less well known and more naïve Ricardian portrait of the two in the National Portrait Gallery in London. In recent years not a few publishers have adopted this curious style of centering the image on the chest of the portrait, chopping off the heads of the subjects, as it were - see most of Ian Mortimer's history books for example.

The full image is included inside the book opposite page in black and white. The colour cover image has an attractive yellow which is  replicated on the endpapers when the book is opened; a thoughtful piece of design.

This title was the third book in our study of the English Monarchs series to have been released in an unabridged audio format.

In December Trantor Media published both a CD (mp3 format) and a digital download. The cover art on the audio versions is the same as the Yale paper releases, although amended for the square CD case.

Richard iii new biography vancouver victoria List of published printed works in English where Richard III of England is among the main subjects. Richard III: A Failed King? Good King Richard? ^ McMillin, A. C. (30 November ). Richard III. Pen & Sword History. ISBN ^ Sutton, Anne F.; Visser-Fuchs, Livia (29 February ).

The downloadable version was made available by digital media companies Audiobooks. The book is read, or "narrated" by Matthew Waterson. The duration of the audio is eight hours.

The hardback was published in after the companion book Matilda and between the English Monarchs series books Cnut the Great () and Henry III ().

The paperback version of Michael Hicks' Richard III was released on 22 June The cover is ever so slightly different; the closest the series has come to playing 'Spot the Difference'.