Richard III
By William Shakespeare
Cover: David Garrick as Richard III (c. 1745), oil on canvas by William Hogarth (1697-1764) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1764)
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, schemes his way to the English throne by slander, seduction and the murder of his own brothers and nephews. His reign unravels into guilt and rebellion and ends on Bosworth Field against Henry Tudor.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.