Digging for Richard III. How Archaeology Found the King. Mike Pitts

In 2012, archaeologists found the long-lost grave of Richard III, Eng­land's most disputed monarch and probable murderer of the Princes in the Tower. 'Digging for Richard III' is the page-turning story of how the grave was found, the people behind the discovery and what it tells us. It is the first complete narrative of a project that blended passion, science, luck and detection. This was a Tutankhamun for our times.
This is an insider's gripping account of how modern archaeology really works, of how clues meticulously assembled and forensically examined are pieced together to create a narrative worthy of the finest detective fiction.

First came the news that archaeologists were searching for a king in a car park. Next it was said they had located the church where Richard had been buried. Finally it was announced that a skeleton had been found â with curved spine and battle wounds. All the studies, including analysis of anatomy, DNA, high-resolution scanning and a digital fa­cial reconstruction, led to one thing. This really was the King.

‘A terrific slice of archaeological investigation’– Books Monthly