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John Ashdown-Hill and the myths about Richard….

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John Ashdown-Hill

http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/colchester/14304947.Top_Five_picks_for_this_year_s_Essex_Book_Festival/

For those who can get to Wivenhoe Library on March 2, one of the picks is John Ashdown-Hill’s The Mythology of Richard III:-

John Ashdown-Hill: The Mythology of Richard III, Wivenhoe Library, High Street, Wivenhoe, Wednesday, March 2, 7pm. £7, £5 concessions. THE Essex-based historian was one those responsible for finding the lost remains of Richard III under a Leicester car park in 2012. In his latest book he unravels the web of myths of a king who according to Shakespeare was a hunchback tyrant that killed his own nephews.the web of myths of a king who according to Shakespeare was a hunchback tyrant that killed his own nephews.

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    Text looks as if a phrase was pasted in several times — you might want to look at it.

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      Thank you, Ann. I’ve fixed it.

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    Reblogged this on Mid Anglia Group, Richard III Society.

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