One of his five favorite little-known but history-changing medieval crime stories, as shared at The Daily Beast:ChroniclesRead about another entry on the list.
by Jean Froissart
Richard II recklessly seized the inheritance of his banished cousin Bolingbroke, instigating his cousin’s return and Richard’s loss of his throne. Froissart tells a lesser known tale of intrigue that had unfolded two years earlier: Richard’s uncle Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, had been arrested for treason, imprisoned at Calais, then murdered in his cell. Gloucester’s murder spread discontent among the English nobility and greased the way for Richard’s fall two years later.
--Marshal Zeringue
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