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The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA

The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA

The Book that Inspired the Dig

by John Ashdown-Hill
Paperback
Publication Date: 16/01/2013
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The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada. Now, with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester, England, John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story, giving details of how Richard died, and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified.
ISBN:
9780752492056
9780752492056
Category:
Biography: historical
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
16-01-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
198x125x18mm
Weight:
0.25kg
John Ashdown-Hill

Dr John Ashdown-Hill was a well-known medieval historian, having published extensively on a variety of topics within that period but focussing mainly on the Yorkist era.

He is best-known for his pivotal role in uncovering the burial place of King Richard III for and for tracing collateral female-line descendants of Richard s elder sister to establish his mtDNA haplogroup, which matched the mtDNA of the bones found in the Leicester car park.

In 2015 he was awarded an MBE for services to historical research and the exhumation and identification of Richard III.

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Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 Biography: historical British & Irish history Biography: royalty
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