"An adaptation for young readers of Shakespeare's Richard III which takes place in the final years of the War of the Roses, when the first and last Yorkist kings rule England. In it the hunchbacked Richard, Duke of Gloucester, covets his brother's throne, and will stop at nothing to get it. This includes the murder, betrayal and manipulation of family, friends and foe alike, as well as some of Shakespeare's famous lines"--Adapted from back cover.