Bibliograph

Richard II, a true king's fall, Kathryn Warner

Type

Label

Richard II, a true king's fall, Kathryn Warner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Richard II

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1013960050

Responsibility statement

Kathryn Warner

Sub title

a true king's fall

Summary

"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 returns with the first modern biography of Richard II, to paint a portrait of the king with all of his strengths and imperfections left in the picture. An aesthete and patron of the arts as well as a person troubled by a much-maligned 'personality disorder', Richard II here emerges from behind the mask of a theatrical character."--Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Richard the Second

Classification

Creator