Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

by Mike Pitts

Book Overview

In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room, watched by media studios around the world: they had found the remains of Richard III, whose history is perhaps the most contested of all British monarchs.

History offers a narrow range of information about Richard III which mostly has already been worked to destruction. Archaeology creates new data, new stories,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500252009
• ISBN13: 9780500252000
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"