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Drawing on extensive scholarship, the work emphasizes Richard’s character as a man, his guiltlessness regarding accusations before becoming king, and his pursuit of justice. It also outlines the complex historical background through a clear, forensic account grounded in documentary study and later developments in historical understanding.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Francis Temple Bacon  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAcknowledgements  \nAcknowledgements and thanks for permission to reproduce photographs are due to the Ashmolean Museum (3), Society of Antiquaries (1, 2, 10, 11, 12), Richard III Society, (5), to David Scuffam for his excellent drawings used as chapter endings, to Julian Rowe for the last of these drawings and for the magnificent reconstruction of Fotheringhay Castle.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nTitle  \nDedication  \nAcknowledgements  \nList of Illustrations  \nGenealogical Table  \nIntroduction by Peter Hammond  \nForeword  \nPRELUDE TO DISASTER  \nI Edward, by the Grace of God  \nII The King’s Brother  \nIII Lord Protector of England  \nIV Treason  \nTHE LEGEND  \nV The Usurper  \nVI Birth of a Legend  \nVII Uneasy Crown  \nVIII The Legend is Established  \nIX Sir Thomas More  \nX The Later Tudors  \nXI After the Tudors  \nXII Some Bones  \nXIII Summing Up  \nXIV No Murder in the Tower  \nBibliography  \nCopyright  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nList of Illustrations  \n1. Henry VI, early sixteenth century, derived from a contemporary portrait. (Society of Antiquaries)  \n2. Edward IV, early sixteenth century. (Society of Antiquaries)  \n3. Elizabeth Woodville, perhaps painted as early as 1500. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University)  \n4. Fotheringhay Castle, a reconstruction of its appearance in the fifteenth century. (Peter Hammond)  \n5. Richard III, a reconstruction of the face. (Richard III Society)  \n6. Richard III, Anne Neville and Edward of Middleham, Rous Roll.  \n7. Middleham Castle, a modern photograph. (Geoffrey Wheeler)  \n8. Baynard’s Castle, a drawing of the seventeenth century.  \n9. Crosby Hall, a reconstruction.  \n10. The Broken Sword portrait of Richard III, a propaganda picture dating from the reign of Henry VIII. (Society of Antiquaries)  \n11. Broken Sword portrait, X-ray photograph, showing high original (deformed) shoulder line and short ‘withered’ left arm, as originally painted. Later over painting restored the portrait to a more normal appearance. (Society of Antiquaries)  \n12. Henry VII, probably painted in his life time. (Society of Antiquaries)  \nChapter Endings: Heraldic Badges  \n1. Falcon and Fetterlock of York  \n2. Livery Collar of Edward IV, with roses between suns in 23 splendour and a pendant White Lion of York  \n3. Rose-en-Soleil of York  \n4. Livery Collar of Richard III, with roses between suns in splendour, and a pendant White Boar  \n5. Crown in Thorn Bush of Henry VII  \n6. Dragon of Henry VII  \n7. Livery boar badge from Middleham  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAND LANCASTER  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIntroduction  \nMrs Lamb wrote this book more than 50 years ago, in 1959. At that  \ntime few historians seemed very interested in the late middle ages.  \nSince then there has been an explosion of interest in both the period and in Richard III, and many books and editions of documents have been published. The discovery of his bones in 2012 has fuelled this interest. When Mrs Lamb wrote the traditional picture of Richard as a hunch backed monster who murdered his way to the throne was still widely accepted, by the general public at least. Mrs Lamb had studied the period and Richard and made a complete transcript of the English portions of the Signet office register of Richard III, from British Library Harleian Ms. 433. She tookover four arduous years to complete this work, also making name and place indexes to these portions. The existing edition of the manuscript is based on her work. Her work on this important manuscript, and her extensive reading convinced her of the defects in the traditional picture of the last Plantagenet king and she wrote this book.  \nIn the years since it was published the perceptions of Richard have changed, Most historians would now accept Mrs Lamb’s common-sense view of Richard as a man, of his guiltlessness at least of the crimes he has been accused of committi","cbCaip8897yuMroN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip8897yuMroN","pdf",2811405,140,"English","en",105,"# Prelude to Disaster\n## I Edward, by the Grace of God\n## II The King’s Brother\n## III Lord Protector of England\n## IV Treason\n# The Legend\n## V The Usurper\n## VI Birth of a Legend\n## VII Uneasy Crown\n## VIII The Legend is Established\n## IX Sir Thomas More\n## X The Later Tudors\n## XI After the Tudors\n## XII Some Bones\n## XIII Summing Up\n## XIV No Murder in the Tower\n# Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"What central argument does The Betrayal of Richard III make about the 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