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Book: Renaissance - The Fall and Rise of a King by Marla Skidmore
categories: Book, Richard III, Battle of Bosworth, 15th Century, The Plantagenets, Medieval Fiction, The Afterlife, Purgatory, Clever & Captivating, Brutal & Enthralling, Debut Novel, Award Winning, Historical FictionMarla Skidmore

I have tried show the reader the medieval mind - where Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and the Garden of Eden are all utterly real - given him/her a look into Richard's psyche - to see the king pared down to the tough uncompromising man behind the crown; and also to see the torment of a soul who believes that his honour and reputation have been eternally defiled and forever destroyed.
In this story I have also not been afraid to tackle History's biggest murder mystery. Whilst researching Richard's reign, I came across some little known detail - held in the archives of St George's Chapel, Windsor - which allows me to give, what I believe to be a very plausible answer to the question of 'who killed the princes in the Tower?'
In the writing of this novel I have attempted to raise a number of questions - about history - how we perceive it, how it is written and portrayed and there is also the question of an afterlife - if it exists - how does a soul deal with the bismirching of his/her reputation after death - in Richard's case - when there is no one left to defend it.
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