The son of a traitor, Richard, 3rd Duke of York, inherited a dukedom at age four, became the wealthiest man in England at 13, and later rebelled against his king. If he is remembered, it is as a man who ignited the Wars of the Roses. Further eclipsed by two of his sons, who would become the mighty warrior Edward IV and the recently rediscovered Richard III, he is an ancestor of the Tudor monarchs and 15th great-grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II, yet the man himself is obscured from view. This book reveals a complex family man with unparalleled power and responsibilities. The first person recorded using the Plantagenet name, he pushed the political establishment to its limits, dared to fight back, and was forced to do the unimaginable.
