Richard duke of york

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Richard, Duke of York, was one of the most powerful men of his age. Descended from Edward III and the father of Edward IV and Richard III, he was known after his death as 'King by Right'. This is the story of the man who almost became king



Richard, 3rd Duke of York is frequently used to recall the colours of the rainbow with the mnemonic ‘Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain’, wrongly believed to be the Grand Old Duke of York who had 10,000 men, or mistaken for his youngest son, Richard III. The son of a traitor, he inherited a dukedom aged four, became the wealthiest man in England at thirteen and later rebelled against his king, and if he is remembered, it is as a man who ignited the Wars of the Roses. Further eclipsed by two of his sons, who would become the mighty warrior Edward IV and the recently rediscovered Richard III, he is an ancestor of the Tudor monarchs and fifteenth great-grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II, yet the man himself is obscured from view. Matthew Lewis pushes aside the veils of myth and legend to challenge the image of Richard as a man whose insatiable ambition dragged a nation into civil war, revealing a complex family man with unparalleled power and responsibilities. The first person ever recorded to use the Plantagenet name, he pushed the political establishment to its limits, dared to fight back and was forced to do the unimaginable.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 augustus 2017

Aantal pagina's: 320

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Matthew Lewis

Hoofduitgeverij: Amberley Publishing

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 33 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 129 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 21 mm

Verpakking lengte: 198 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 287 g

EAN: 9781445672038

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