Maura (maura853) -
Interesting, but possibly only for True Believers ....
Now, I have long considered myself unparalleled in my devotion to the Last True King of England (aka, the King in the North ...), but I now know that I am no more than a base amateur. John Ashdown-Hill doesn't miss any opportunity to fly the flag of the White Boar, and make clear his opinion that THE WRONG GUY WON. If you aren't devoted to the memory of King Richard III, and delighted by any morsel of minutiae that will demonstrate that he was a nice guy, a good man, and the legitimate king, then you might find that this begins to wear on you very, very quickly.
I loved it. Well, loved it, in spite of its flaws. It is filled with tiny factoids about the final 8 months of the life of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, and last King of the House of York. It ends with an extended coda, showing how genealogical research and DNA analysis enabled Ashdown-Hill to verify that the skeleton found under a Leicester car park are the earthly remains of Richard.
Now, I have long considered myself unparalleled in my devotion to the Last True King of England (aka, the King in the North ...), but I now know that I am no more than a base amateur. John Ashdown-Hill doesn't miss any opportunity to fly the flag of the White Boar, and make clear his opinion that THE WRONG GUY WON. If you aren't devoted to the memory of King Richard III, and delighted by any morsel of minutiae that will demonstrate that he was a nice guy, a good man, and the legitimate king, then you might find that this begins to wear on you very, very quickly.
I loved it. Well, loved it, in spite of its flaws. It is filled with tiny factoids about the final 8 months of the life of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, and last King of the House of York. It ends with an extended coda, showing how genealogical research and DNA analysis enabled Ashdown-Hill to verify that the skeleton found under a Leicester car park are the earthly remains of Richard.
