King Power: Leicester City's Remarkable Season by Richard III - Non Fiction - Hardback

Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780008203504
Publisher: 4th Estate
Age Range: Adult / General Readership

Overview:
King Power: Leicester City's Remarkable Season is a wickedly funny slice of sports satire that reimagines the 2015/2016 Premier League title win through the eyes of a most unlikely narrator: King Richard III. Rediscovered beneath a Leicester car park and reburied at Leicester Cathedral just as the Foxes' fortunes turned, the long-dead monarch becomes an unofficial patron saint of the club's astonishing triumph. Blending genuine match drama with archaic, mock-regal commentary, this hardback is a witty, original gift for football fans, history lovers, and anyone who still can't quite believe Leicester City became champions of England.

About the Book:
On 25th March 2015, King Richard III was laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral while his adopted football club sat bottom of the Premier League, seemingly doomed to relegation. What followed was one of the most extraordinary turnarounds in sporting history, told entirely in the voice of the reburied king. Written in a deliberately archaic, Shakespearean-tinged style, the narrative follows Leicester City's rise from 5,000-1 outsiders to champions, covering key goals, games and dressing-room moments, filtered through Richard III's droll, regal commentary on fate and football. The humour lies in the collision of eras: a medieval king bewildered by Mahrez, Vardy and Ranieri, reflecting on his own turbulent life while marvelling at modern football. For readers who lived through the title-winning season, the book offers a joyful, affectionate retelling; for newcomers, it's an entertaining way into a modern sporting fairytale. Clever, irreverent and genuinely funny, it rewards readers who enjoy history, football and a good literary joke in equal measure.

Key Benefits:

• A genuinely original take on Leicester City's famous 2015/2016 title-winning season.
• Clever, satirical narration in the voice of King Richard III adds historical wit to sporting drama.
• Perfect gift for football fans, history buffs, and Leicester City supporters.
• Brand new hardback edition, ideal for collectors and gift-giving.
• Combines real match events with comic invention for a genuinely unique read.

About the Author:
This book is narrated in the voice of King Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, who reigned from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. His remains were famously discovered beneath a Leicester car park in 2012 and reburied at Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, an event that coincided remarkably with the beginning of Leicester City's title-winning turnaround. The book uses this historical figure as a fictionalised, first-person narrator to comic effect, blending real football history with playful invention, credited on the cover simply as "Richard III".

Why You'll Love This Book:
If you love football, history, and a healthy dose of dry British wit, this hardback delivers all three. It's a fresh, funny way to relive one of the Premier League's greatest underdog stories.

Please Note: Cover image shown is for illustrative purposes; you will receive the UK edition with the ISBN as stated above.