Richard III/理查三世（美国国家图书馆珍藏名传）

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Richard III was the last king of England's House of York. This book traces the bloody history of the later Wars of the Roses, with the fierce conflict between the House of York and the House of Lancaster as its central thread. Richard III was the younger brother of King Edward IV. Upon Edward's death, the young Prince Edward V ascended to the throne, with Richard appointed as Lord Protector. But Richard staged a coup, imprisoned and murdered his young nephews, and ultimately seized the crown for himself. To secure his throne, he eliminated his rivals through war, imprisonment, assassination, and strategic marriages. Yet in the end, at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III was betrayed by his own trusted followers and killed in battle against Henry Tudor.

From Richard I to this volume on Richard III, the author paints a vivid and harrowing portrait of the bloodshed and darkness of England's Wars of the Roses-and of how the relentless thirst for power step by step corrupted the very soul of human nature.

理查三世是英格兰约克王朝的末代国王。本书以约克家族与兰开斯特家族的激烈斗争为主线，展现了玫瑰战争后期的血腥历史。理查三世是英王爱德华四世的弟弟，爱德华四世去世后，小王子爱德华五世即位，理查成为摄政王。但他发动政变，囚禁并杀死了小侄子，最终篡权称王。为保王位，理查三世通过战争、监禁、暗杀、联姻等方式，消灭竞争者。但最终，在与亨利·都铎的战斗中，理查三世因亲信部下们的背叛而被杀。从本系列丛书的第三本《理查一世》到这一本《理查三世》，作者描述了英格兰王国玫瑰战争的血腥与黑暗，描述了对权力的渴慕是如何一步步造成了人性的扭曲。