Noble Savagery: The Abuse of Royal Remains
By Tasha Alexander
November 2, 2018…let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d; All murder’d… —William Shakespeare, Richard II People everywhere—even those with little interest in history—were captivated…