In her first play, historical novelist Philippa Gregory "seeks to offer a nuanced portrait of the last Plantagenet ... detach the real-life figure of Richard III from the playwright's 'foul ...

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was crowned in the Abbey as Richard III on Sunday 6th July 1483. The day before he and his Queen Anne (Neville) rode in procession from the Tower of London to Westminster.

Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. In 2012 ...