The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA: The Book That Inspired the Dig

by John Ashdown-Hill

The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days.

By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803997990
• ISBN13: 9781803997995
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 304 Pages