The Family of Richard III
2015
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The Wars of the Roses were quarrels within the Plantagenet family, of which Richard's dynasty, the house of York was one branch. The house of York won the first war, with Richard's elder brother becoming king as Edward IV. In 1483, after decades of family infighting, there was a sudden violent resolution following Edward IV's death. Richard III claimed to be his brother's heir, the Yorkist establishment refused and shared in Richard's destruction. With the recent discovery of Richard III's skeleton and his reburial in Leicester Cathedral, Professor Michael Hicks, described by BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE as 'the greatest living expert on Richard III' reassesses the family ties and entrails of his wayward and violent family. Many thousands of descendants of Richard survive, some more interested in their linage than others, and the book will conclude with an analysis of Richard's DNA and his 'family' as it exists today.
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Michael Hicks
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Michael Hicks (born 1948) is an English historian, specialising on the history of late medieval England, in particular the Wars of the Roses. Hicks studied with C. A. J. Armstrong and Charles Ross while a student at the University of Bristol. He is today Professor of Medieval History at the University of Winchester, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
