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.
Product details
- Hardback | 352 pages
- 156 x 234 x 33.02mm | 654g
- 01 May 2018
- Amberley Publishing
- Chalford, United Kingdom
- English
- 16 Plates, color
- 1445662787
- 9781445662787
- 406,872
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