sophronisba 's review for:

Richard III: A Ruler and his Reputation by David Horspool

4.5

informative reflective fast-paced

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The only book about Richard I've read that was written after the discovery of his bones in 2012, and thus the only one that doesn't go into various theories about he may not have had scoliosis at all. (He very much did, as his skeleton revealed.) I thought this was a very balanced portrayal of Richard and Horspool does a good job of evaluating the evidence, such as it is. He concedes that Richard probably did kill his nephews, or at least have them killed, but there is no real proof either way.