Book Reviews
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Eleanor again
attainder, bigamy, book review, Chapuys, cover-up, denialists, dental evidence, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, evidence, George Buck, George Duke of Clarence, illegitimacy, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Lancastrians, Norwich, paperbacks, pre-contract, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Thomas More, Titulus Regius, William CatesbyJohn Ashdown-Hill’s Eleanor, the Secret Queen was first published in 2009, detailing Lady Eleanor Talbot’s family and early life, the circumstances in which she married Edward IV, her similarities to his mistress Elizabeth Woodville (they were dark haired, older and widows of Lancastrian-inclined men), canon law and how it affected Edward’s relationships and children together…
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(and symposium books in general) I purchased this book, edited by Rosenthal and Richmond, for thirty pence but the cross-Atlantic postage was at least nine times as much. One of the eleven chapters, the first by Arthurson on the First Cornish Rebellion, was exceptional and many of the others were interesting. This collaborative book, which…
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Here is a link to double reviews of books that are both entitled Sun(ne) in Splendour – Jean Plaidy’s and Sharon Kay Penman’s. http://www.encorepub.com/carpe-librum-richard-iii-takes-center-stage-again/ Both works are too well known to Ricardians for any explanation to be needed, so I will confine myself to bewailing Plaidy’s abominable cover. How could any publisher impose such a…
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With permission, we present an extract from Kristie Davis Dean’s book “On the trail of the Yorks”, with a particular focus on Margaret of Burgundy and the duchy ruled, during her marriage and widowhood, by her father-in-law, husband, stepdaughter and stepson-in-law. Mechelen is, of course, where a certain historian sought Margaret’s remains, although their identity could…
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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…
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Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace
“Tudor” “sources”, “Tudor” rebellions, “Tudors”, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, book, Elizabeth I, Erasmus, Galway, Henry VIII, humanism, Insurrection, interviews, Ireland, John Morton, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Pilgrimage of Grace, Reformation, Richard III, Shakespeare, Susan Loughlin, The History Press, Thomas MoreAn intriguing new book by historian Susan Loughlin is about to be published by The History Press on April 4th of this year (2016) detailing an event in world history that has perhaps gone unnoticed by some historians and those who run with the history blogs and bloggers. I first “met” Susan Loughlin on the…
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A 1950’s Kids’ Book with a Different View
“Tudor” Despotism, book review, C.W. Aime, Caroline Halsted, children’s history, Clements Markham, de heretico comburendo, E. Nesbit, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, George Buck, Henry VI, Josephine Tey, Lollards, Margaret of Abjou, Paul Murray Kendall, pilgrimage, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Shakespeare, traditions, WakefieldWe tend to think of anything relating to Richard III prior to the last forty years to be biased towards traditional views, with the exceptions of Josephine Tey’s novel, Paul Murray Kendall’s biography, a few other novels like Patrick Carlton’s Under the Hog, and the early ‘defenders’ such as Buck, Markham and Halsted. Children’s books…
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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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BOOK REVIEW: WESTMINSTER BONES: The Real Mystery of the Princes in the Tower by Richard Unwin Richard Unwin is an author who generally writes novels set during the Wars of the Roses era (The Lawrence the Armourer series), which contain a positive rather than traditional view of Richard III, as seen through the eyes of…
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