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The last days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA, John Ashdown-Hill

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The last days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA, John Ashdown-Hill

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-209) and index

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

The last days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA

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839297829

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John Ashdown-Hill

Summary

A detailed exploration of Richard III's last 150 days. Ashdown-Hill shows Richard as no passive victim, awaiting defeat, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. The text has been updated with details of the discovery of Richard's skeleton, detail of how he died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified

Table Of Contents

"Your beloved consort" -- "It suits the king of England to marry straight away" -- "Tapettes of Verdoures with crownes and rooses" -- Tombs of saints and queens -- "Þ Castel of Care" -- Bucks at Bestwood -- Crossing the river -- "He has now departed from amongst the living" -- "A sorry spectacle" -- The Franciscan priory -- "King Richard's tombe" -- "Here lies the body" -- "The honour of a king" -- Richard III's genes part I--the fifteenth century and before -- Richard III's genes part II--the mtDNA line -- The future of Richard III

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