Richard II A True King's Fall

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.

ISBN:	9781445694412
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Published date:	15 Aug 2019
DEWEY:	942.038092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	352 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	312g
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	21mm

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