Ebook {Epub PDF} The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

The Sunne in Splendor: A Novel of Richard III. A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III—a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history. In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history with a Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.  · J. Penman Stephanie Ling. Decades after having been written, Sunne in Splendour remains one of Sharon’s most beloved novels. When it came time to sort through Sharon’s files, we encountered many gems. Here are some pages from one of the earliest drafts of that book. See if you can spot any differences between these pages and the published work! The Sunne in Splendour. I was a college student when I happened upon the story of Richard III, and the more I learned, the more convinced I became that he’d been the victim of a great injustice, transformed by the Tudors into a soulless monster in order to justify Henry Tudor’s dubious claim to the throne. Angered by this blatant distortion of history, I began telling my friends how unfairly Richard Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

The Sunne in Splendour. The Sunne in Splendour is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman. Penman became interested in the subject of Richard III while a student and wrote a manuscript that was stolen from her car. She rewrote the manuscript, which was published in "But Sharon Kay Penman wrote the definitive Richard book, Sunne in Splendour," I protested. She pointed out that with the discovery of Richard's bones, surely there was now more to add to Richard's story that Sharon couldn't possibly have known in A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III—-a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history. In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—-vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—-from his maligned place in history with a dazzling combination of research.

The Sunne in Splendor: A Novel of Richard III. A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III—a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history. In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history with a dazzling combination of research and storytelling. About the Author. For many years while she was a student and then a tax lawyer, Sharon Kay Penman () worked on a novel about the life of Richard III and The War of the Roses. After the original manuscript was stolen from her car, Penman rewrote the entire novel that would become The Sunne in Splendour. For many years while she was a student and then a tax lawyer, Sharon Kay Penman () worked on a novel about the life of Richard III and The War of the Roses. After the original manuscript was stolen from her car, Penman rewrote the entire novel that would become The Sunne in Splendour.