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Bloomsbury presents The Life and Death of Richard III by Anthony Cheetham, read by Jonathan Oliver and Dan Jones. With a new introduction and concluding chapter from bestselling medieval author Dan Jones. Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the...

This was the 15th century and in this green and pleasant land, numerous players took their chances in the ultimate game. The prize was the throne of England. One figure that was central to the conflict. One figure that still divides opinion today: Richard III. This is his story and the game that he played for the throne of England.

August 22, 1485, Bosworth, Leicestershire. By noon the King of England, Richard III, will be dead and his naked body will be on route to Leicester. This is the story of Richard's final 24 hours, told in a compelling minute-by-minute countdown, which ends with this final heroic battle charge and his death on the field at Bosworth.

Comedy and calamity are interlaced throughout the stories of a WW II war baby finding his place in the world. His foibles and adventures are told with a dry sense of humor as he bounces off the walls of good and bad behavior throughout his youth and into adulthood. A mischievous nature and an innate disrespect for authority cause a clash with the rigidity of serving in the military. The tales of his year in Vietnam are both hilarious and harrowing.