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The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower from his maligned place in history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever. "

About the Author :
For many years while she was a student and then a tax lawyer, SHARON KAY PENMAN slowly but steadily worked on a novel about the life of Richard III. After finishing the manuscript, however, her only copy was stolen from her car in a busy parking lot. Penman rewrote the entire novel that would become The Sunne in Splendour. When it was originally published in 1982, she quit her job to write full-time. Penman is the author of eight critically acclaimed historical novels and four medieval mysteries, one of which was a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America.

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A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground. Ms. Penman's novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life. Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He's an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story. A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground. Los Angeles Times Book Review The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him---especially in the hands of a dedicated historian. The San Diego Union Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He's an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story. The New York Times Book Review Ms. Penman's novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life. Chattanooga Daily Times " A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground. "Los Angeles Times Book Review" The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him---especially in the hands of a dedicated historian. "The San Diego Union" Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He's an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story. "The New York Times Book Review" Ms. Penman's novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life. "Chattanooga Daily Times"" "A painstakingly drawn picture of royal medieval England from bedchamber to battleground." ---"Los Angeles"" Times Book Review" "The reader is left with the haunting sensation that perhaps the good a man does can live after him---especially in the hands of a dedicated historian." ---"The San Diego Union" "Those who know Richard III from Shakespeare will find that Sharon Kay Penman presents a contrasting view of the English monarch . . . He's an altogether nice man, a romantic hero as suitable to our late twentieth-century standards . . . as he was to those of medieval England . . . There is a vengeful quality to her insistence that is appealing; it makes for a good story." ---"The New York Times Book Review" "Ms. Penman's novel, rich in detail and research, attempts to set the record straight . . . it is an uncommonly fine novel, one that brings a far-off time to brilliant life." ---"Chattanooga"" Daily Times"


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  • ISBN-13: 9781429930093
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
  • Publisher Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Novel of Richard III
  • ISBN-10: 1429930098
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jan 2008
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 944


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