Archaeologist Mike Pitts' new book, Digging for Richard III, recounts the search for the king's skeleton — and sheds new light on a ruler who's often seen as one of history's great villains.

The Richard III familiar to theatergoers from Shakespeare’s play is a born-and-bred bad guy, a child-killing hunchback whose physical deformities echo his deeply nasty nature.

Michelle Terry, who will play the villainous protagonist at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London from May-August, released a statement.

Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?

Richard was killed in the Battle of Bosworth, in 1485, by the forces of Henry Tudor. He was thirty-two years old, and the last King of England to die in battle. There were different rumors about ...

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Richard of Gloucester may be the killingest character in Shakespeare, personally knocking off or precipitating the deaths of more than a dozen people who get in his way. To be fair, he does so ...

England's King Richard III was killed twice: first by his challenger, Henry Tudor, at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and again, in posthumous reputation, by Tudor historians and by ...