THE KING’S GRAVE: THE SEARCH FOR RICHARD III
Book ID/图书代码： 06580013B60775
English Summary/英文概要： On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious opponent, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII), went on to found one of our most famous ruling dynasties. Richard’s body was displayed in undignified fashion for two days in nearby Leicester and then hurriedly buried in the church of the Greyfriars. Fifty years later, at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the king’s grave was lost - its contents believed to be emptied into the river Soar - and Richard III’s reputation buried under a mound of Tudor propaganda. Its culmination was Shakespeare’s compelling portrayal of a deformed and murderous villain, written over a hundred years after Richard’s death. Now - in an incredible find - Richard III’s remains have been uncovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The King’s Grave traces this remarkable journey. In alternate chapters, Philippa Langley, whose years of research and belief that she would find Richard in this exact spot inspired the project, reveals the inside story of the search for the king’s grave, and historian Michael Jones tells of Richard’s fifteenth-century life and death. The result is a compelling portrayal of one of our greatest archaeological discoveries, allowing a complete re-evaluation of our most controversial monarch - one that discards the distortions of later Tudor histories and puts the man firmly back into the context of his times.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1485年8月22日理查德三世在博斯沃思原野被杀，他是最后一位死于战争的英国国王。这场战争的胜利者，亨利.都铎（后名为亨利七世）遂建立了最著名的统治王朝——都铎王朝。理查德三世的尸体极不体面地在莱斯特示众了两天，随后匆匆葬于方济会教堂。50年后，随着教会的解散，人们发现国王的墓不见了，而国王的尸体相传被倒入了索河。随着都铎王朝的大肆宣传，理查德也成了遗臭万年的罪人。在其死后100年，理查德在莎士比亚的笔下更成了凶残丑陋的恶棍。而如今他的尸首却被发现埋于莱斯特的一个停车场下。《国王之墓》带我们重回那段岁月，探索理查德三世的一生。菲利帕.兰利经过多年的研究，坚信着自己能在确切的地点找到理查德的尸体，并发掘寻找国王之墓的内幕。她将和历史学家迈克.琼斯一起告诉读者15世纪末，理查德的一生和死亡。这将是我们最伟大的考古发现之一，让读者重新认识这位最具争议的君主，他的形象被都铎王朝的统治者所扭曲，这本书将带领我们回到那个时代，还原历史的真相。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：日前英国电视频道四正与菲利帕.兰利讨论拍摄两部有关国王理查德三世的纪录片。
“这是考古学上最伟大的一项发现，探索一位国王的安息之地，并解开这个困扰着世人500多年的国王真正的死因。”——《每日电讯报》
“这是近日最伟大的一项考古发现，历史将被重写。”——《每日镜报》
Jones’s historical chapters are measured, reasonable and elegantly written (Sunday Times)
[Philippa Langley] has just written a compelling book with historian and friend Michael Jones . . . It is cleverly constructed: in alternate chapters she tells the story of her quest, while Michael details the life of Richard colourfully. It reads like an up-all-night thriller (Mail on Sunday)
This is the year that Richard III rose up from his unmarked grave in a Leicester car park, and this is the book that describes the painstaking quest for the king’s body, and the battle that destroyed him. Philippa Langley pursued his remains, Michael Jones pursued his reputation and together they have written a book which explains and defines the battle where he died, the grave that was lost, and the legend that followed him. This book is about an important excavation indeed, of the body from a lost grave, and of a king from a long libel (Philippa Gregory)
The King’s Grave . . . reveals the remarkable story of how the remains came to be unearthed. And the result is a compelling portrayal of one of this century’s most important archaeological discoveries (BBC History Magazine)
History at its most fascinating (www.booksmonthly.co.uk/nonfic.html)
About the Author/作者介绍： 迈克尔•琼斯被授予英国布里斯托尔大学历史博士学位，随后在格拉斯哥大学和温彻斯特学院授课。他是一位资深的皇家历史学会和英国军事历史委员会的成员。他现在是一个作家，媒体顾问和主持人。在他的历史著作中，他写了有关博斯沃思战役，阿金库尔战役，斯大林格勒和列宁格勒战役。过去的几年里，他开始致力于苏德战争的写作。菲利帕兰利致力于研究这位历史上最有争议的君主，理查德三世多年，她正在研究中的一部分。是她开启了搜寻理查德之墓这个项目，这段调查已被频道四制成受高度赞扬的电视纪录片《在停车场的国王》。她是理查德三世学会苏格兰分支的书记。
Michael Jones was awarded a history PhD by Bristol University and subsequently taught at Glasgow University and Winchester College. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History, and works now as a writer, media consultant and presenter. Among his historical titles he has written books on the battles of Bosworth, Agincourt, Stalingrad and Leningrad. For the last few years he has conducted battlefield tours of the Eastern Front.
Philippa Langley inaugurated the quest for King Richard III’s lost grave as part of her ongoing research into history’s most controversial monarch. Her project marked the first-ever search for the grave of an anointed King of England, and was made into the acclaimed TV documentary The King in the Car Park for Channel 4. She is the secretary of the Scottish branch of the Richard III Society.
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