Battle of Bosworth Field a horse!" He refuses to withdraw, continuing to seek to slay Henry's doubles until he has killed his nemesis. There is no documentary evidence that Henry had five decoys at Bosworth Field; the idea was Shakespeare's invention. He drew inspiration from Henry IV's use of them at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403) to amplify the perception of Richard's courage on the battlefield. Similarly, the single combat between Henry and Richard is Shakespeare's creation. "The True Tragedy of Richard III", by an unknown playwright, earlier than Shakespeare's, has no signs of staging such an encounter: its stage directions give no hint
Richard S. Prather Richard S. Prather Manuscript Collection at the University of Wyoming, in Laramie, Wyoming. At Prather's death in 2007, he had completed but not published his last Shell Scott Mystery. His final novel, "The Death Gods", was published October 2011, in print and ebook formats by Pendleton Artists, with permission of the Richard S. Prather Estate and Linda Pendleton. Prather's wife, Tina, died in April 2004, after 58 years of marriage. As David Knight As Douglas Ring Richard S. Prather Richard Scott Prather". (September 9, 1921 – February 14, 2007) was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell