A deformed, silver-tongued duke murders his way to the English throne and reigns until conscience and Bosworth undo him.
Books that mention Richard III (13)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: “The first good town we come to we'll hire a hall and do the sword fight in Richard III.”
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: “Mr. Wopsle finished off with a most terrifically snarling passage from Richard the Third”
The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells: “I always thought there was nothing but 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' and 'Richard III.”
The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper: “Up with my tent: here will I lie to-night, But where, to-morrow?—Well, all’s one for that —Richard the Third.”
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: “they got themselves up in cheap royal finery and did the Richard III swordfight with maniac energy”
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green: “A thing devised by the enemy." --Richard III”
Kenilworth by Walter Scott: “RICHARD. A horse!--A horse!--my kingdom for a horse! CATESBY......My lord, I'll help you to a horse. --RICHARD III.”
Ulysses by James Joyce: “after she had seen him in Richard III”
Grant by Ron Chernow: “After seeing him in Richard III, he became smitten with Edwin Booth's exceptional talent, which far outpaced that of his brother, John Wilkes.”
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin: “Lincoln read Shakespeare to Hay—“the end of Henry VI and the beginning of Richard III till my heavy eye-lids caught his considerate notice & he sent me to bed.””
News from Nowhere by William Morris: “the Bishop of Ely's house is mentioned in Shakespeare's play of King Richard III”
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver: “His book had a name on it I’d heard of, Shakespeare … And if I die no soul will pity me [lines copied onto the kite; Richard III]”
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens: “He had never had a sword in his hand before, except once when he played Richard the Third at a private theatre, upon which occasion it was arranged with Richmond that he was to be run through, from behind, without showing fight at all.”