Questioning the history of Richard III - did he really murder these princes in the Tower?
Several weeks ago I read Elizabeth Peters' The Murders of Richard III and you told me about the Tey book covering the same topic.
Peters' is a newer one and was easier to read, except the few paragraphs detailing the relationships between the royals of that period with so many Edwards and Richards and Elizabeths..
Tey is not an easy writer so it took me longer to get into the story. Inspector Grant is in a hospital lying on his back bored to tears. When he finds a picture of the famous (and only one) portrait of Richard III he is surprised, as he appears more of a judge or a soldier, not as a villainous murderer. Thus, he embarks on studying what really happened more than 500 years ago and finds interesting details.
Several weeks ago PBS had a program to study the same question and arrived at its own conclusion.
Will see.
Recently, there was a thread ln the Lounge, I think, asking whether people still read "physical" books and many, myself included, said yes.
In this book, especially, there is a chart in the beginning detailing the relationships between all the Edwards and Richards and Henrys and Elizabeths so it is easy to flip back - which I have done often - to get the picture.
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