Download or read book King Richard III written by William Shakespeare and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final play in Shakespeare's masterly dramatization of the struggle for power between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Richard is a stunning archvillain who schemes, seduces, betrays and murders his way to the throne, yet is capable of eliciting sympathy for his plight at the end.