In my quest in search for the true Richard III, I've found and read an article from Military History Monthly, December Issue: "Bosworth. What really happened?"
I'm not a fan of wars, battles and military technical details at all, but this analysis draw my attention, starting from its title: What really happened? How was it possible that the smaller, weaker army led by Henry Tudor defeated the apparently well-equipped and more numerous contingent fighting on Richard Plantagenet's side?
Last summer in July I visited the small Church of St James at Sutton Cheney, in the tiny village of Bosworth Market, where King Richard is said to have prayed and heard his last holy mass before his death, and I was also at Bosworth Field (see On the Footsteps of Richard III). The sense of sadness I experienced in those places, especially facing that beautiful huge plain where the final battle took place, was deep indeed. I'd really like to understand what happened there. What about you?