008 Richard III, the early years: Henry VI, Part 3

The War of the Roses! A pacifist King, a warrior Queen, rebellious lords, and more battles than you can shake a wooden sword at. And like Revenge of the Sith, we see the rise of one of fiction’s most famous baddies – Richard III!

 

Is this much-ignored war-story worth picking up? Michael, Greg, and Sophie find out.

 

Sources:

The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare, by Anna Beer, from Wiley Blackwell

William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, by S. Schoenbaum, from Oxford University Press

The Life and Times of William Shakespeare, by Peter Levi, from PaperMac

Shakespeare: The Biography, by Peter Ackroyd, from Vintage