Last month we published a post on the top fifty Ricardian fiction books and now we look at the top non- fiction ones.

I wasn’t surprised at the top few of these. Number one was the classic biography of Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall. It flows like a novel and isn’t the usual dry, historical tome. Although it’s a little our if date now it’s still very much worth a read.

Number two was Good King Richard?  by Jeremy Potter, who was a Chairman of the Richard III Society and a great champion of Richard.

Number three was Annette Carson’s brilliant Richard III The Maligned King – which has been hailed as a modern Ricardian classic.

In at number five was Philippa Langley’s The Princes in the Tower: How History’s Greatest Cold Case Was Solved – this has the latest research about the fates of the Princes which exonerates Richard from murdering them.

What’s your favourite factual Ricardian read?


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3 responses to “Top Fifty Ricardian Non-Fiction Books”

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    gracefullydream8082aa7f2c

    I have Phillipa’s book and will check out the others. Thank you for these recommendations.

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  2. philippa @no 1 for me – its the only book that is a ‘gamechanger’. but the top 5 are all ‘worthy’ in their own way. some very dubious ones in the top 50 – hicks on a list of ricardian books is a stretch! (unless we have redefined ricardian?!)

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    1. I agree! (Well, some of the people who chose them aren’t what I’d call Ricardians!)

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