I always had a passion for history since I was young, and when I first learned about history at school, I could not understand why the period of the Wars of the Roses was so confusing and so confli...view moreI always had a passion for history since I was young, and when I first learned about history at school, I could not understand why the period of the Wars of the Roses was so confusing and so conflicting. I first got really passionate about Richard III after visiting a museum in York. As I was in the museum, I had felt quite saddened at what I was looking at; it had plenty of references to Shakespeare’s play, Richard III, and a mock trial to see if Richard was innocent or guilty of murdering the princes in the tower. I heard a small cry in protest, “I hate Richard,” and the graffiti in the visitor book—I knew I had to research about the life of this man. I live with my partner, Graeme, in Scotland, who has helped me on these trips around Yorkshire and helped in using the computer. I am not very good with techniques, and without his patience, this book would never have got this far.view less