Richard III: A Study in Service

Horrox, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 0521407265 / ISBN 13: 9780521407267

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992

Beschreibung

SIGNED - Wrappers. Light gray and red rear cover, black spine, light gray and red illustrated front cover are all clean and glossy. Book has just a trace of rubbing at the very tips of the corners. Very faint yellow rectangle on the lower corner of the rear cover where the original sticker was removed. Signed, inscribed (but not to anyone in particular), and dated (1992) by the author on the title page in black pen. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 359 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007785

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Richard III: A Study in Service

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Erscheinungsdatum: 1992

Einband: Trade Paperback

Zustand: NF

Signiert: Signed by the Author

Auflage: Reprint.

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Inhaltsangabe:

Despite the recent renaissance in studies of the reign of Richard III, most historians have remained focussed on conventional themes, especially the character and motivation of the king and the fate of his nephews. Less attention, as a result, has been devoted to the reign's importance in the patterns of late medieval government and in the evolution of royal authority.

Críticas:

'Why did the Yorkists fail and the Tudors succeed? This book, the best study of Richard III for a generation, offers its own subject as an answer. The verdict is damning, and carries the more conviction because it is based on analysis of Richard's policies, not his psyche.' The Times Literary Supplement

'This is an absorbing book ... (Dr Horrox's) command of the source material is circumspect, subtle, authoritative and flawless. This is a masterly work: time, effort, intelligence and skill have gone into its creation and none of these is flaunted.' History

' ... fills an important gap in the impressive literature on Richard III and, using a wide range of primary sources and up-to-date secondary works, offers a new approach to the reign.' History Today

'Dr Horrox's work is already well known to students of the Yorkist period ... but in this outstanding new book she has put scholars even deeper in her debt ... What she has done ... supremely well is to demonstrate the complexity of late Yorkist political society and to point to ways in which it can be illuminated.' The Ricardian