![]() He breaks down the intricate relationships between king and nobles during the conflict that came to be known as the Wars of the Roses. If the reader takes this in stride, Kendall reveals a lot of insight, not only into Richard himself but into life in fifteenth century England. There are a few places where his bias is obvious. ![]() Kendall resorts to purple prose but for the most part he relies on primary sources to tell Richard’s story. ![]() But I decided to give Kendall a pass because the book was written in 1955 and a lot has changed since then.ĭespite my reservations and all of its flaws, this is a fabulous book. Kendall goes on to say “It would require the unrelenting enmity of a queen (Margaret of Anjou) to remind him that he owned a better title to the throne than Henry the Sixth”. Well, my suspicions were confirmed in the first chapter! About Richard III’s father, Richard Duke of York, Kendall says his “abilities were moderate” and “Excessive greed and ambition…seem to have been largely absent from his character”. But I had a sneaking suspicion Kendall was an apologist for old Richard III. I absolutely loved his Louis XI, the Universal Spider book. ![]() So it was with great trepidation that I started to read Paul Murray Kendall’s biography of Richard the Third. ![]()
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