The Gilded Silver Boar: I betrayed Richard III

A character in crisis

A kingdom in conflict

A clue in the colours

A crowned head condemned

On August 22, 1485, King Richard III of England’s death brought an end to the Battle of Bosworth Field and ushered in the era of the Tudor monarchy. Almost immediately a campaign of misinformation was launched against Richard’s legacy. But who was behind it? And does Bosworth Boar, a small silver-gilt badge found on the field in 2009, have any connection to what happened? 

Inspired by and devised on location at Bosworth Field, Stoke Golding and Dadlington

With thanks to Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre; the Dog & Hedgehog Inn; Andy Glass; Murray Foote

Chapter titles…

There’s Many a Gentle Person Made a Jack

And Seem a Saint, When Most I Play the Devil

Thou Cams’t on Earth to Make the Earth My Hell

Bloody Thou Art… Bloody Will Be Thy End

Kings it Makes Gods ~ and Weaker Creatures Kings

Conscience is But a Word that Cowards Use

And Every Tale Condemns Me for a Villain