Richard II

Richard II is a figure famous in England''s national myths – the king who went insane, the narcissist, the tyrant of Shakespeare''s play. History regards his rule either as that of a superhuman monarch or a crazed and vicious ruler. But Richard II was a complex and conflicted man – a person with faults and shortcomings thrust into a role that demanded greatness. In this book, Kathryn Warner return...