[ebooktalk] Re: "The White Queen"
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:17:20 +0100
Pele
No I've not read that one yet but it is on the list.
If I remember rightly Richard becomes stooped in later years according to
the White Queen and I believe this is supported by the analysis carried out
on his bones after they were discovered in that car park in Leicester. You
have to remember that Richard became a sort of bogey man and was used to
frighten Tudor and later children.
We got around to watching the first part of the White Queen last night. It
was amazing how closely it stuck to the book. If anything it was to close
and consequently rather slow for a TV drama. They seemed to make quite a lot
of the witchcraft aspects with all the twine tied to trees and floating in
the water. I found the audio description rather oppressive as it was
somewhat louder than the conversations in the film. Luckily there was not
too much music.
Steve
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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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