The Third Plantagenet (eBook)

George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother

John Ashdown-Hill (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5539-3 (ISBN)

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Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us with a series of unanswered questions: What was he really like? What set him and his brother Edward IV against one another? And who was really responsible for his death? George played a central role in the 'Wars of the Roses', played out by his family. But was George for York or Lancaster? Is the story of his drowning in a barrel of wine really true? And was 'false, fleeting, perjur'd Clarence' in some ways one of the role models behind the sixteenth-century defamation of Richard III? Finally, where was he buried and what became of his body? Could the DNA used recently to test the remains of his younger brother, Richard III, also reveal the truth about the supposed 'Clarence bones' in Tewkesbury? Here, John Ashdown-Hill brings us a new full biography of George, Duke of Clarence, which exposes the myths surrounding this important Plantagenet prince, and reveals the fascinating results of John's recent reexamination of the Clarence vault and its contents.

The late JOHN ASHDOWN-HILL was a historian and member of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Genealogists and the Richard III Society. He wrote numerous articles for The Ricardian and was the author of Eleanor, the Secret Queen, Richard III's 'Beloved Cousyn' and Royal Marriage Secrets (all The History Press).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: clarence bones • clarence vault • DNA • drowning in a barrel of wine • Duke of Clarence • George Duke of Clarence Richard III's Brother • George Duke of Clarence Richard III's Brother, king richard iii, duke of clarence, the wars of the roses, york, lancaster, drowning in a barrel of wine, clarence bones, tewkesbury, DNA, plantagenet prince, clarence vault • George Duke of Clarence Richard III's Brother, king richard iii, duke of clarence, the wars of the roses, york, lancaster, drowning in a barrel of wine, clarence bones, tewkesbury, DNA, plantagenet prince, clarence vault, king richard iii • King Richard III • Lancaster • plantagenet prince • Tewkesbury • The Wars of the Roses • York
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5539-2 / 0750955392
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5539-3 / 9780750955393