Publications

Books out of print


The Richard III Society: the First Fifty Years, A Personal Account

Author: George Awdry
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1974 (London)
ISBN: N/A
Pages: 64

A personal account of the founding, activities and achievements of the Society up to 1975.


The Battle of Bosworth

Author: James Gairdner
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1975 (London)
ISBN: 0904893006
Pages: 27

James Gairdner’s account of the Battle of Bosworth with a new introduction by Peter W Hammond. Originally published in Archaeologia (Vol 55, Part I) in 1896.


Ricardian Britain:
A Guide to Places connected with Richard III

Author: Carolyn Hammond
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1988 - London
ISBN: 0904893138
Pages: 48 (paperback)

Day by day account of Richard’s whereabouts from April 1483 to August 1485, as recorded in contemporary documents.

A new edition is being currently prepared.


Memorials of the Wars of the Roses: A Biographical Guide

Author: WE Hampton
Publisher: Richard III Society
Year & Place of Pub: 1979 - Upminster
ISBN: 0904893030
Pages: 283

 Geographical listing of church monuments and memorials to those who died during this period, with biographical details.

Although out of print, that entries included in it are currently being serialised in the Society’s magazine, The Ricardian Bulletin.


The Crowland Chronicle Continuations: 1459-1486

Editors: Nicholas Pronay & John Cox
Publisher: Alan Sutton for Richard III & Yorkist History Trust
Year & Place of Pub: 1986 – Gloucester
ISBN: 0948993006
Pages: 207

A detailed translation of one of the most important of all the sources for Richard III’s reign. The original Latin is given alongside the English translation with an introduction by the editors.


The Hours of Richard III

Editors: Anne F Sutton & Livia Visser-Fuchs
Publisher: Alan Sutton for Richard III & Yorkist History Trust
Year & Place of Pub: 1990 & 1996 – Gloucester
ISBN: 0862997799
Pages: 133

This is an edition of the book of hours which Richard III used as king and which includes his own additions.

Reviews:

‘We have here a complete record of the devotions of one man …’, ‘One is brought to sympathize with the fact that Richard the villain, if such he was, could by true repentance become one of the blessed. This book is a valuable insight into such an age of faith’.

Bonaventure Knollys OSB

‘.. rigorous critical analysis …’, ‘This monograph gives as much attention to considerations of style as to the text and includes a very useful list of incipits of prayers’.

C Van Hoorebeeck
Bulletin Codicologique, 1998

‘ .. half their study to the illuminations and the other half to the manuscript contents …’ ‘… the last two chapters translate the text of the so-called ‘prayer of Richard III’, a prayer that has given rise to a number of biographical conclusions about Richard’s character.’ ‘It is all too rare that one can wholeheartedly recommend the style of an academic book’.

Ann Eljenholm Nichols
Winona State University

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