Richard II: A True King's Fall

Author(s): Warner. Kathryn

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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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781445694412
  • : Amberley Publishing
  • : Amberley Publishing
  • : August 2019
  • : 1.4 Inches X 5 Inches X 7.75 Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Warner. Kathryn
  • : Paperback
  • : 942.038092
  • : HB