I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, AN EPIC NOVEL OF RICHARD III: COMPLETE EDITION (I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET: THE LIFE OF RICHARD III COMPLETE Book 2)
- 4.4 out of 5
- 655 ratings
- 868 pages
Overall Content Rating: Restricted R
This first-person historical novel follows Richard, Duke of Gloucester, through the Cousins’ War: court intrigue, marriage politics, loyalty tests, and his rise toward the crown. Tone is intimate and often angry, with devout prayer and conscience mixed into power struggles among brothers, cousins, and rival factions. Parents should expect frequent battlefield and execution violence with graphic injury imagery, steady strong language in quarrels and war, and recurring slurs aimed at women and political enemies. Mature themes include illegitimacy claims, mistresses, poison and betrayal rumors, imprisonment in the Tower, and grief over family deaths; romantic relationships exist but are not the primary focus.
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Crude Mild
3Occasional harsh insults about intelligence or appearance in heated talk; most rough language falls under profanity rather than sustained crude joking.
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- idiot: 1
- stupid: 1
- suck: 1
Fbombs Moderate
17A strong four-letter word shows up repeatedly in arguments among nobles, battlefield orders, and private frustration, often bundled with other insults.
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- fuck: 17
Profanity Moderate
69Angry dialogue and inner monologue include mild and strong oaths, damnations, and name-calling; historical terms for illegitimate birth appear often in a non-swearing sense. A couple of vulgar references to filth appear in tense scenes.
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- bastard: 20
- damn: 16
- hell: 15
- bitch: 12
- ass: 2
- goddamn: 2
- shit: 2
Sex Mild
17Sexual morality is argued through harsh labels for women, rumors of royal mistresses, and whispered scandal; sexual assault is referenced in backstory and legal dispute, without detailed explicit scenes in the samples.
Specific words
- whore: 12
- rape: 2
- incest: 1
- slut: 1
- tit: 1
Violence Heavy
186Wars of the Roses combat fills much of the story: axes and blades, stabbing, smashing skulls, blood-soaked fields, executions, riots, and sieges; wounds and medical treatment are described plainly and often.
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- blood: 133
- stab: 18
- smash: 16
- bleed: 8
- gore: 6
- kick: 3
- punch: 2
About this book
I, Richard Plantagenet, An Epic Novel of Richard III Complete Edition, updated and revised, containing parts 1 and 2, Tante Le Desiree and Loyaulte Me Lie. Richard III's story, told in first person from his point of view, using, where possible, Richard's actual words (in modern English.) From the battle of Barnet when Richard is only 18 through his marriage to Anne Neville, to unexpected kingship, betrayal by his 'friend' Buckingham...and the mystery of the vanished princes. Then it is on through the pain of the loss of his only legitimate son Edward, to the final deadly conflict on Bosworth Field against Henry Tudor. A different fictional look at England's most loved--and most hated--King.. Not a wooden saint, nor yet Shakespeare's hunchbacked fiend, a flesh and blood, fallible man: King's brother, royal duke, scoliosis sufferer, warrior, husband, father. Called 'a new Ricardian classic.' Approximately 250,000 words. Contains what is probably the most up to date fictional account of Richard's last moments at Bosworth, based on the archaeology and forensics. Read more