Psychopath or Misunderstood? Richard III w/Matt Lewis -- JFT Ep17

Psychopath or Misunderstood? Richard III w/Matt Lewis -- JFT Ep17

Author: Michael August 17, 2025 Duration: 1:15:51

Matt Lewis joins me today to talk about Richard III, The Wars of the Roses, Bosworth Field, Richard’s early life, and some of his views on medieval history. I was unaware until recently that there may be much more to the case of the Princes in the Tower than meets the eye and Matt is maybe one of the foremost experts in the world on all of the evidence. If you have not seen any of his content before and are interested further, would highly recommend you check out his content or his recent book, which is a deep dive on the mystery of the princes.You can subscribe to Matt on substack here

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