Gairdner J. History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third: To which is Added the Story of Perkin Warbeck from Original Documents
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History of the Life and Reign of Richard the ird
No English king has been the subject of more heated debate than Richard
III. In this 1898 revised edition of his classic biography, Gairdner attempts
to produce a more balanced analysis of the sources than most earlier writers.
While largely accepting the anti-Yorkist position shown by omas More
and Shakespeare, he does reject some of crimes attributed to Richard, such
as the murder of his brother George, Duke of Clarence. He states at the
outset that Richard was not a monster but the product of his times, when
violence and ruthlessness were common political weapons. He also oers
more rounded picture of the king, showing good points as well as bad, rather
than a caricature of evil. e most signicant addition to this edition is the
substantial appendix on the imposture of Perkin Warbeck, making use of
continental sources hitherto unknown to English historians.
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History of the
Life and Reign of
Richard the ird
To which is Added the Story of
Perkin Warbeck from Original Documents
James Gairdner
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ADDED
THE STORY OF PERKIN WARBECK
FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
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JAMES GAIRDNER,
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AUTHOR
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YORK'
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THE PASTON LETTERS'
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1898
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