Category - Fiction / Action & Adventure
Format - Paperback
Condition - Fair
Listed - 9 months ago
Views - 35
Ships From - Illinois
Est. Publication Date - Jan 1990
Seller Description
THE SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR In this stirring historical novel, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard IlI from his villainous role in history as the hulking, evil hunchback. This dazzling recreation of his life is filled with the sights and sounds of battle, the customs and lore of 15th-century daily life, the rigors of court politics, and the passions of the highborn. Most of all, it brings to life a gifted man whose greatest sin was that he held principles too firmly for the times in which he lived and loved too deeply to survive love's loss. "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 20th-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 "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.” San Diego Union
Additional Information
The Sunne in Splendour
ISBN: 9780345363138
Publisher Description
Departing from the traditional Shakespearian and Tudor historical portraits, this saga depicts the love story of Richard III and Anne Neville against the backdrop of royal family intrigue
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