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Author Kennedy, Maev, 1954-

Title Bones of a king : Richard III rediscovered / the Greyfriars Research Team, with Maev Kennedy and Lin Foxhall
Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015

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Contents Introduction -- So how did he get there? -- The bigger picture -- The bones tell their tale -- Who was Richard? -- The cousins in the swabs -- What did Richard look like? -- The big announcement -- The afterlife of Richard III and the city that never forgot -- Richard laid to rest
Summary The dramatic story of Richard III, England's last medieval king, captured the world's attention when an archaeological team led by the University of Leicester identified his remains in February 2013. Bones of a King presents the official behind-the-scenes story of the Grey Friars dig based on the research of the specialists directly involved in the discovery.-A behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exciting historical discoveries of our time -Features numerous photographs of the dig as well as the king's remains -Explains the scientific evidence behind his identification, including DNA retrieval and sequencing, soil samples, his wounds and his scoliosis, and what they reveal about his life, his health and even the food he ate -Builds an expansive view of Richard's life, death and burial, as well as accounts of the treatment of his body prior to burial, and his legacy in the public imagination from the time of his death to the present -The most extensive and authoritative book written for non-specialists by the team who discovered Richard III
Notes Includes index
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Subject Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 -- Death and burial
SUBJECT Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 fast (OCoLC)fst00052409
Subject Human remains (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Leicester
Forensic anthropology -- England -- Leicester
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Forensic anthropology.
Human remains (Archaeology)
SUBJECT Leicester (England) -- Antiquities
Subject England -- Leicester.
Form Electronic book
Author Foxhall, Lin
Greyfriars Research Team
LC no. 2015005378
ISBN 9781118783221
1118783220
9781118783238
1118783239
111878314X
9781118783146