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I don't know why you want to exclude Richard III.

There *is* a body of evidence that he was "framed" by the Tudors, and
that things like Shakespeare's play were heavily influenced by a careful
Tudor propaganda campaign. (This was much easier in an era when the new
King could have you arrested for treason if you tried to prove he was
doing such a thing!)

Many of the people of Yorkshire *still* don't believe Richard III was
guilty.

Read "The Daughter of Time" by the famous English mystery writer Josephine 
Tey. There are further expositions of this theme, written more recently,
but this was the first to arouse wide interest. It is history, written in
a fictional matrix. (Her star detective is laid up in the hospital and,
bored silly, becomes intrigued by the problem of Richard. The history bits
are not fictionalized, as she had become interested in the story, and
decided to look at it through the eyes of her detective, as a way of getting
a perspective on the story. Also, she realized that as a work of fiction
it was much more likely to get read than as a work of history by a non-
historian.) You could have your "Richard" learn his part from that text, 
and really throw the rest of the party for a loop!  :-)

Anyway, I recommend it as a story in any case.


 
... Moreach NicMhaolain