David Horspool: 4 books
Richard III
A Ruler and his Reputation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
For many, Richard III is an obsession-the Richard III Society has a huge membership, and Shakespeare's Histories have contributed to, if not his popularity, certainly his notoriety. Now, with the discovery of Richard III's bones under a parking lot in Leicester, England, interest in this divisive...
Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs)
England's Protector
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Although he styled himself 'His Highness', adopted the court ritual of his royal predecessors, and lived in the former royal palaces of Whitehall and Hampton Court, Oliver Cromwell was not a king - in spite of the best efforts of his supporters to crown him.
Yet, as David Horspool shows in...
The People Speak: A History of Protest, Dissent and Rebellion
Democracy is not a Spectator Sport
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The idea was simple. Take the most impassioned speeches about the fight for what is right and bring them to life for a new generation. The reason why it's so powerful is because it's about everything that matters to us: love and life, sex and death, justice and freedom. We've found some amazing speeches...
The English Rebel
One Thousand Years of Trouble-making from the Normans to the Nineties
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
The English have a rich and glorious history of making trouble for themselves. One hundred and forty years before the French Revolution, the English executed their king and instituted a radical revolutionary government. In 1215, more than 570 years before the United States ratified its Bill of Rights,...