"Richard III: monster or martyr?"
Maria Leotta
- Region:
- Yorkshire & Humber
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £70 plus expenses
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 21st February 2024
- Tagged:
- Richard Iii | Princes In The Tower | Plantagenets | Bosworth 1485
Richard III: monster or martyr? Was Richard III the Shakespearean monster or a just and pious man whose reputation has been destroyed and slandered for centuries? Did he really kill the so-called Princes in the Tower or did they survive and die as young men at the hand of Henry Tudor? Who were Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck? Were they impostors or Edward V and Richard Shrewsbury, Richard's nephews? Why do so many people still fight to rehabilitate a king who was betrayed in battle after just two years on the throne? These and many other questions will be answered during this talk.
Views: 718 | Enquiries: 2About Maria Leotta
Maria Leotta is an Italian amateur researcher based in York, England. She is a host at York Minster and a translator/interpreter working for several translation agencies.
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She graduated in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature with 1st Class Hons and she also has a Diploma in Religious Science. She got an MA in Translation Studies at the University of Sheffield .
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In 2018 she joined the team of The Missing Princes Project led by Philippa Langley MBE, who successfully led the discovery of King Richard III in a Leicester car park in 2012.
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After five years in the team, Maria Leotta published her first book, released on 12th December 2022. It is the first ever Italian biography of King Richard III.
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She is the Email Manager for both the Scottish Branch and the Yorkshire Branch of the Richard III Society.
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She regularly contributes to blogs and magazines with articles about the Middle Ages. She had two short stories published in two anthologies and two poems accepted for the White Rose Bards.
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She is fond of medieval music, reenactments, travelling, reading and writing.
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She is currently writing three more books including one of poetry and one of short stories.
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