The King's Grave: The Discovery Of Richard III's Lost Burial Place And The Clues It Holds (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
A battery of experts have subjected the skeleton found in Leicester City Council’s Social Services car park to a bewildering array of scientific tests and concluded, beyond reasonable doubt, that these are the remains of Richard III. But this is not the end of his story, or the reason my search for Richard began. The Looking for Richard project had four clearly defined phases: research and development, archaeology, identification, reburial. The reburial was planned from the outset and was the reason the project had been created. Why was this? Richard III was deeply religious, with a keen sense of justice. These two strands of his character are powerfully woven around his reverence for the dead and provision for their spiritual welfare. For Richard, burial and reburial held a deep significance. At Towton he had ensured that the dead of that conflict, on both sides, were afforded proper burial, founding a chantry chapel to commemorate the slain. And although Richard executed William, Lord Hastings, he subsequently gave him a tomb in the royal mausoleum at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, beside Edward IV – as Hastings had requested in his will.
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