- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: NPI Media Group; First Edition First Impression edition (1 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752423347
- ISBN-13: 978-0752423340
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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"a very exciting re-interpretation of the battle which totally tranforms our undestanding of what actuallty happened on that fateful day."
Professor A.J. Pollard, Author of 'The Wars of the Roses'
'An exciting re-interpretation which transforms our understanding of what happened on that fateful day'
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is more than a book about a battle. Bosworth 1485 - The Psychology of a Battle offers a completely new perspective on that period of English history we know as The Wars of the Roses. It is a challenge to long held assumptions and introduces valuable new contemporary source material. In my view it is the most important book on the subject to appear for many years and will be the yardstick for future debates about this period.
The central figure is Richard III, the most controversial of English Kings. Since his death on the 22nd August 1485 the King's reputation has see-sawed between extremes - Shakespeare's villain on the one side and an unblemished paragon on the other. The truth of course lies somewhere in-between.
Michael Jones' book enables us to place and judge Richard III not only in the context of his own time, but also in the context of his own family - The House of York. He provides arguments and evidence to suggest the possibility that there was something rotten at the heart of this family. It was a rottenness that Richard III, Hamlet-like, tried to remedy. The overthrow of his nephew Edward V, the elder of the two 'Princes in the Tower', an act prompted more by family duty than personal ambition.
Of the battle itself we have not only a new location but also a wholly new way of interpreting the manoeuvres and motivation of the combatants. Contrary to popular belief Richard III had an honourable cause to fight for at Bosworth and this he successfully communicated to his army who remained loyal to the end. Richard's heroic death and defeat was due more to bad luck than betrayal. And therein lies the true tragedy of Richard III.
To anyone with an interest in Richard III and Yorkist England the message from this review is a simple one. Read it.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This absolutely blew me away. Hallelujah! An historian who actually goes out and looks for new documentation on this most fascinating of periods and doesn't simply re-peddle all of the old arguments. I hope that this work inspires young historians. This book is written in a wholly captivating style, bringing the period of the Wars of the Roses and the enigma that is Richard III vividly to life. Dr Jones gives us what could be the real man and answers many of the questions that have perplexed. His research is beautifully detailed, his arguments conscise and engaging. This is the standard to attain.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read dozens of books on Richard, Henry VII and the wars of the Roses a number of questions had bothered me, some for years. This astonishing book has answered them all. The Richard who emerges from these pages is, I suppose, the man all Ricardians wanted to believe he was, and now the evidence is there to support what was previously regarded as "crackpot" history. The book explores fascinating new angles, refers to relatively new or unfamiliar sources and presents an interpretation so novel, so radical that the reader can only sit up and cry "Eureka!". I have never considered this of a "text" book before, but this one is "unputdownable".
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Of all the books I have read on the subject,this is by far the best. Having read all the other reviews on this work, I can only agree with everything that has been said before. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Historybuff
Fantastic read
Wanting to study on the Tudor period, I thought I would start at the beginning, which brought me to the war of the roses, the battle of bosworth and Richard III
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Published 9 months ago by Mrs. S. Lister
Son of Time - A must for all ricardians
Like many people with a basic secondary education my opinion of Richard was coloured by the likes of Shakespear and Thomas More, however last year I began to read more about the... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2007 by Paladin Eagle
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Well what a fascinating book this is!
An entirely different perspective is introduced and Richard is turned into a human being with human faults and good points just like the... Read more
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