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What Really Brought Richard III Down

tpwp · September 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Tudor historians successfully cast the Battle of Bosworth as the definitive conflict between a usurper and the legitimate heir.  But was there more (or less) at play at Bosworth? David Hipshon  purports that the real reason William and Thomas Stanley betrayed Richard III was t … [Read more...] about What Really Brought Richard III Down

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