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Within days of the University of Leicester’s revelations that the skeleton found under a car park in Leicester was the missing remains of King Richard III, historian and genealogist John Ashdown-Hill had updated his 2010 ‘book that inspired the dig’ - The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of his DNA. We have one copy of this fascinating book to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer correctly the question below and complete the form.

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The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of his DNA – review by Karen Clare (FT April 2013)
This in-depth examination of the last five months of the king’s life, and death at the Battle of Bosworth, includes the latest DNA research, which the author used to identify the direct female-line descendant of Richard’s older sister, Anne of York – British-born Canadian Joy Ibsen. In his new interpretation, Ashdown-Hill, who appeared in the Channel 4 TV documentary ‘The King in the Car Park’, seeks to throw fresh light on Richard’s reign, still mired in controversy more than 500 years after his death. It clearly was a labour of love for him and his fellow investigators. We learn how the first edition, which ended ‘perhaps one day the search for Richard III will begin!’, then saw Philippa Langley of the Scottish branch of The Richard III Society take her grave-finding project to the authorities in a bid to get Leicester’s Greyfriars Friary site excavated. As we now know, the dig began in August 2012 and, on the very first day, bones which turned out to be those of Richard III were unearthed. The remains had the same mtDNA (female line) sequence as Joy Ibsen’s son, Michael, and the rest, as they say, is history. Sadly, reveals the author, Joy died in 2008 so never got to hear that her royal uncle 16 generations removed had been found at last. The book fills in the gaps where the media coverage left off, and details how DNA research can really benefit genealogists today. Judge for yourself if Richard was the murderous rogue often depicted, but whatever you decide, there’s no doubt this book has, literally, changed history.
ISBN: 9780752492056. RRP £9.99 paperback, £4.28 Kindle edition. The History Press.

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• To enter the competition, you must answer the multiple choice question correctly and complete the form.
• Closing date of the competition is 11.59pm on 18.04.13.
• There will be one winner receiving one copy of The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of his DNA.
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