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Brief Description:
"First published in Japan in 2014 by Akita Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo"--Colophon.
Biographical Note:
Aya Kanno was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is the creator of
Soul Rescue,
Blank Slate, and the
New York Times best-selling series
Otomen.
Marc Notes:
Reads from right to left in manga format.;Parental advisory: Contains scenes of violence and sexual situations.;Based on Henry VI and Richard III by William Shakespeare.;Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.;Rated T+ for older teen.
Publisher Marketing:
The intrigue and royal conspiracy in the Bard's Richard III is given a dark manga twist that will appeal to aficionados of both comics and the classics.
Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's
Richard III, Aya Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.
Richard's father, the patriarch of the House of York, is poised to become king of medieval England during the bloody Wars of the Roses. But just as success is imminent, he is abruptly cut down. Plunged into despair, Richard acts out in revenge and must face a powerful and beautiful new enemy.
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