Richard III is a biography of said King of England by American historian Paul Murray Kendall.
"The most powerful indictment of Richard is the plain and massive fact that the princes disappeared from view after he assumed the throne, and were never reported to have been seen alive.
This fact ... weighs heavily against the indications of his innocence.... only positive evidence that someone murdered the princes will tell against this indictment.
"[citation needed] Historical writers Desmond Seward and Alison Weir, both hostile to Richard, disagree; Seward refers to Kendall as Richard III's "romantic apologist",[2] superseded by Charles Ross's 1981 biography.
Ross himself both praised and criticised Kendall's work, stating: "Although the author admits that at times he goes beyond the facts and 'reconstructs'..., and in spite of an empurpled prose style which tends to enhance his partisanship, the book is soundly based on a wide range of primary sources, for which it shows a proper respect.