The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother
A Tudor, Historical, Biography book. There's not a whole lot of information out there about George, it...
From the author of The Last Days of Richard III comes the first full biography of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Richard III and Edward IVLess well-known than his brothers Edward IV and Richard III, George, Duke of Clarence has so had little written about him, that historians are faced with a series of questions: Where was he born? What was he really like? Was it his unpredictable behavior that set him against his brother Edward IV? George played a central role in the Wars of the Roses played out by his brothers—but was he for York or Lancaster? Who was really responsible for his execution? Is the story of his drowning in a barrel of wine—as he did in Richard III—true? And was "false, fleeting, perjur'd Clarence" in some ways the role model behind the 16th-century defamation of Richard III? Finally, where was he buried and what became of his body? Can the DNA used recently to test the remains of his younger brother, Richard III, also reveal the truth about the supposed "Clarence bones" in Tewkesbury? John Ashdown-Hill exposes the myths surrounding...
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780752499499 / 0
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This is one of the few books I've read that hasn't got 5 stars. The first reason is because of the obvious mistakes in the first few chapters e.g on the family tree on pg 12 it should be Richard II not III. Secondly i found his writing style confusing at times where he jumps around a bit. However, the last few chapters where he had... There's not a whole lot of information out there about George, it would seem. The information about his burial vault wasn't especially interesting but the rest of this short book is worth reading and the family trees were most helpful. Really interesting read. I enjoyed learning more about George and do feel bad for his rather tragic (though self inflicted) life. If only he had learned his lesson after the death of Warwick. My only real gripe is Ashdown-Hill using quotation marks every time he mentions the Tudors. He says 'Tudor' because he doesn't believe that they...
