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The King of England and the King of Glam!

Apr 17, 2020

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Anne Neville, charisma, coincidence, gardenia, height, horses, Marc Bolan, musicians, Richard III, Richard III fatal injuries, von Poppelau, Wembley, white rose

If you know me, you will know that, apart from Richard III, I have a passion for Marc Bolan, the leader of the ’70s rock group, T.Rex, and the initiator of Glam Rock. I could just as easily have titled this post ‘Ricardus Rex and T.Rex’! Having been concentrating on Richard over the last few…
Seeking the Real Duke of Clarence

Oct 21, 2018

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, sources

alcoholism, Ankarette Twynho, Anne Neville, Barnet, Bromham church, Buckingham rebellion, charisma, disloyalty, Edward IV, executions, fiction, George Duke of Clarence, Hicks, insanity, Isabel Neville, John Thursby. Sir Roger Tocotes, propaganda, puerperal fever, Richard III, stereotypes, Tewkesbury, Towton, tuberculosis, Warwick

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about Richard III’s brother, George of Clarence. You know the one–typical ‘middle child’, ‘false fleeting Clarence’, the one drowned in Malmsey who was also a drunk and quite possibly insane, hanging, as he did, old ladies on the vaguest of suspicions. And I began considering–is George, like Richard, maligned,…