King Richard III. A hunchbacked villain who murdered his innocent nephews in order to ascend the throne of England.  Or did he? Shakespeare's play Richard III put forth this representation of Richard and the generations that followed believed that Richard truly was a murderous usurper to the throne. This distortion of Richard's image can be attributed to the victor of the Battle of Bosworth Fields, Henry VII. Henry was the Tudor claimant to the throne and he was pronounced king after Richard was slain on the battle field. The House of Tudor sought to strength their claim to the throne by ruining the image of the House of York and in doing so destroyed the reputation of the last Yorkish king, Richard III. He ruled for only two years and two months and yet he is one of the most hated kings in English history. Why? That is the purpose of my project. Through reading numerous sources, watching various depictions, and travelling to the places associated with King Richard III I hope to discover the true about the man. Was he hated as much by his contemporaries as he was by generations to follow or was it simply the Tudor's propaganda that destroyed his image? Only research can tell.