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One of Richard’s finest rescuers….

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This lady turned me into a Ricardian. Single-handedly. The Daughter of Time is a wonderful book that is still changing people’s lives today. Richard owes her a lot for rescuing him from the outer reaches of Shakespearean bias. I shall definitely be reading this new biography of her:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/josephine-tey-a-life-by-morag-henderson-review-entertaining/

 

 

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  1. Jasmine Avatar
    Jasmine

    She started me off, too.

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  2. Laura State Spoelstra Avatar
    Laura State Spoelstra

    Same here. “The Daughter of Time” pulled together many of the contradictions and errors of the “traditional” picture of Richard and sent me off on my own research.

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