Richard III / 理查三世

Richard III / 理查三世 is the English king whose reputation becomes the central historical case in [[TheDaughterOfTime|《时间的女儿》]] and 69.闲聊推理文学：历史学者可不就是侦探吗！. The episode presents his familiar image as heavily shaped by Tudor-era narratives and Shakespearean drama: deformity, cruelty, usurpation, and the suspected murder of the [[PrincesInTheTower|Princes in the Tower / 塔中王子案]].

The source uses Richard III to show how Evidence-Bound Historical Revision works. Many accusations become less stable when the episode asks when the sources were written, who benefited from the children’s disappearance, and how political winners turned later narrative into public certainty.

The episode also mentions the 2012 discovery of Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester parking lot as a material-history correction. The skeleton’s age, wounds, and spinal curvature supported identification while complicating the exaggerated literary image.

Connections

• [[TheDaughterOfTime|《时间的女儿》 / The Daughter of Time]] - central literary case.
• [[JosephineTey|Josephine Tey / 约瑟芬·铁伊]] - author whose book revisits his reputation.
• [[PrincesInTheTower|Princes in the Tower / 塔中王子案]] - key historical accusation.
• Evidence-Bound Historical Revision - method used to reopen the inherited story.
• Historical Memory Contest - public memory shaped by power and literature.
• [[CaoCaoTomb|曹操墓]] - Chinese parallel in the episode for literary image overriding evidence.