[ebooktalk] Re: Richard iii.

From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:03 +1000
I can't remember if Rosemary Hawley Jarman's, "We Speak No Treason" refers
to Richard as a hunchback or "Crookback". Told from three different
perspectives, it certainly paints a kinder picture of him than of Elizabeth
Woodville or Jacquetta, her mother.

"The Broken Sword" by Rhoda Edwards is also kinder to him though Simon
Schama's "History of Britain" tends towards the view of wicked Uncle Richard
murdering the princes in the tower. He also describes Elizabeth Woodville's
exit from court after Henry vii becoming king, despite being the Queen
Mother, as it were. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, apparently proved the
stronger force and didn't care for competition.

As has been pointed out on the list already, Thomas More wrote the history
for and of the Tudors and who wouldn't be keen to appease Henry vii? (Even
though he failed in the end, poor man.)

I shall now go and add the Philippa Gregory books to my list. Thank you.

Elaine



   

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Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 8:28 AM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: "The White Queen"

Pele,
My understanding is that there was no evidence that Richard had a deformed
back, and that this was something cooked up in Tudor times and elaborated on
by Shakespeare.  I could be wrong.
Trish.
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From: "Pele West" <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:30 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: "The White Queen"


> Hi Steve
>
> Have you read "The Lady of the Rivers" which is about Jacketta, 
> Elizabeth Woodville's Mother. I liked it better than "The White Queen".
>
> I thought it very strange that in the three books I have read by 
> Philippa Gregory there is no mention of Richard III having a deformed 
> back. I understood this was fact.
>
> But, as you say, there is a lot we do not know about that time.
>
> I enjoyed the first episode on Sunday.
>
> Pele
>
>
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