Shaking Shakespeare: Richard III was no hunchback after all
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 20:10
in Biology & Nature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - William Shakespeare excoriated Richard III, the last king of England to die in battle more than 500 years ago, with vibrant verbiage: a "foul bunch-back'd toad," "deformed, unfinish'd" and a hunchback so ugly that dogs barked as he passed by.