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    The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA: The Book that Inspired the Dig

    By John Ashdown-Hill

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    The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard’s last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard’s body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III’s family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard’s skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III’s fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateJan 16, 2013
    ISBN9780752498669
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      Who hasn't seen a production of Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Richard III" and thought, 'whoa, no one could be that bad, well, 'cept King John..." That's what I thought when I first saw Olivier's devilishly wicked and wonderful portrayal of Richard and started me on a lifetime of interest and research into the life and times of the last Yorkist/Plantagenet king. Mr. Ashdown-Hill does the continuing debate over this much-maligned king a service by setting forth a chronology of what Richard's last 150 days would have been like, based on extant documents and commentaries of the times, and bringing to light for me, new information. He validates facts and he dismisses the hearsay and conjecture started by gossip at Court that made its way into history books, following Richard's actual movements as they are known to us. While he tells us upon which side of the polarized debate he stands, he avoids the dramatic, empurpled prose and commentary of say, Kendall, to make his points and when he dismisses arguments. He gives us facts as set before him. I approached this work with skepticism, thinking, "Oh dear, another 'Did he or didn't he?' tome on the disappearance of Edward IV's sons from public view," and the rumors that followed. What a delight it was to discover new facts and clear thought. There are new interpretations of court papers and documents, e.g., the documents from Spain and Portugal concerning Richard's diplomatic efforts to find a husband for Elizabeth of York, Edward IV's eldest daughter, and a new wife for himself (after the death of his queen Anne Neville), the curious, out-of-character behavior of Richard on the night before the battle of Bosworth Field and on the morning - was it due to illness? There was a bout of Sweating Sickness going around.

      Mr. Ashdown-Hill doesn't set out to prove anything except that the man Thomas More and Shakespeare handed down to history was quite different from the reality. In "The Last Days of Richard III" we see a man not plagued by ghosts or his evil deeds, but a monarch going about daily business and governance, expecting to be victorious once again on the battlefield and never expecting to die.