Books like Richard III

Richard III, by Andrew Matthews, is another Shakespearian novelisation and subsequent translation (from gobbledegook English to Modern English)with incongruously grim illustrations from Tony Ross. Again, I can't understand Shakespeare, so kids' adaptions are always welcome in my home. It has creepy undertones of villainy, death, and self-destruction, which always seems to be lurking in a William Shakespeare play. Richard III was a real king, yes, and he did have nephews, but don't take any of this discourteous villainy to heart; it's amazingly, so historically inaccurate!