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It occurred to me some years ago, that the picture of Richard the Third, as drawn by historians, was a character formed by prejudice and invention. I did not take Shakespeare's tragedy for a genuine representation, but I did take the story of that reign for a tragedy of imagination... Read Full Overview

Historic Doubts On The Life And Reign Of King Richard III is a book written by Horace Walpole in 1768. The book is an exploration of the historical accounts of King Richard III of England, who reigned from 1483 to 1485. Walpole's work challenges the traditional view of Richard... Read Full Overview

Historic Doubts On The Life And Reign Of King Richard III is a book written by the British author and politician Horace Walpole in 1768. The book is a satirical and skeptical examination of the historical accounts of the life and reign of King Richard III, who ruled England from... Read Full Overview

In Historic Doubts of the Life and Reign of King Richard III, Walpole defends Richard III against the common belief that he murdered the Princes in the Tower, and many of the other crimes laid at his door by the Tudor dynasty which followed Richard's defeat at the Battle... Read Full Overview

In Historic Doubts of the Life and Reign of King Richard III, Walpole defends Richard III against the common belief that he murdered the Princes in the Tower, and many of the other crimes laid at his door by the Tudor dynasty which followed Richard's defeat at the Battle... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

Delve into the controversial reign of one of England's most infamous monarchs with Horace Walpole's "Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third." This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating exploration of the historical debate surrounding... Read Full Overview

Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III is a book by Horace Walpole, first published in 1768. The book is a historical analysis of the life and reign of King Richard III of England, who ruled from 1483 to 1485. Walpole examines the traditional accounts of Richard's... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

Historic Doubts On The Life And Reign Of King Richard III is a book written by Horace Walpole in 1768. The book is a historical analysis of the life and reign of King Richard III, who ruled England from 1483 to 1485. Walpole raises doubts about the traditional portrayal of Richard... Read Full Overview

Horace Walpole was an English political figure from the late 1700's. He is most famous for his letters, which are a window on his society. In this work, he takes on the reputation of one of the great villains of English history-Richard the III. Was he really that bad? Read this... Read Full Overview