The Usurper King: Henry of Bolingbroke

Bruce reassesses the dramatic events of the summer of 1399, when Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, deposed Richard II, crowned himself King, and had Richard murdered in the Tower. She provides, in readable style, a narrative of events, attempting to answer the main questions on the relationship between the Richard and Henry, and how Henry was able to depose a reiging king with such apparent ease.