Параллельно четаю Foundation Акройда, про соответствующий исторический период, Акройд как всегда прекрасен)) Вот про того же самого Ричарда:
One chronicler, known only as ‘the monk of Evesham’, described him as being extravagant in dress and imperious in temper; he was frightened of war and preferred to spend the night ‘carousing with friends’ and indulging himself in ‘unmentionable’ ways. This has often been taken as an allusion to Richard’s possible homosexuality, but to a monk many things may be unmentionable.
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