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"The History of King Richard the Third" is Thomas More's English masterpiece. With the help of Shakespeare, whose "Richard the Third" took More's work as its principal model, the "History" determined the historical reputation of an English king and spawned a seemingly endless controversy about the justness of that reputation. George M. Logan has produced a scholarly yet accessible edition of the "History", designed to make More's exhilarating work fully accessible to 21st-century readers. More's text is presented here with modern English spelling and punctuation, and with full annotation of linguistic difficulties and the historical background. The text is preceded by a general introduction, a chronology, and suggestions for further reading. An appendix reprints passages from key sources and analogues, enabling the reader to see how More worked with his English sources and classical models, and finally how Shakespeare worked with More. George M. Logan is the James Cappon Professor of English and former Head of the Department of English at Queen's University, Canada.He is the author of the history of the IU School of Music and an editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature.