The Lost Prince

I'm struggling to finish David Baldwin's The Lost Prince. It contains an unusually high number of speculative words (possibly, could have, might have, could it be that? etc), and wonder if there is a serious argument underneath it all. Cheers! Nina

Yes, it is unusually speculative for David, who is normally very pragmatic. In his own introduction he uses the phrase, "What follows may be partly or even wholly fiction", so I guess one must bear that in mind. There was afterwards a contribution to the Ricardian "Bulletin", if memory serves, which pointed out that his theories about Eleanor Kechyn were not supported by the existing evidence (perhaps someone could remind us which edition it was?). A nice story, though, and one which is useful in reminding us that not everybody believed that Thomas More 'solved' the mystery of the princes.
Regards, Annette

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I'm struggling to finish David Baldwin's The Lost Prince. It contains an unusually high number of speculative words (possibly, could have, might have, could it be that? etc), and wonder if there is a serious argument underneath it all. Cheers! Nina

Thanks, Annette! I'd be interested to read the Bulletin piece. I shall finish the book today! A bit tired and grumpy last night, which made me hypercritical. Best wishes, Nina

--- In , "Annette Carson" <email@...> wrote:
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> Yes, it is unusually speculative for David, who is normally very pragmatic. In his own introduction he uses the phrase, "What follows may be partly or even wholly fiction", so I guess one must bear that in mind. There was afterwards a contribution to the Ricardian "Bulletin", if memory serves, which pointed out that his theories about Eleanor Kechyn were not supported by the existing evidence (perhaps someone could remind us which edition it was?). A nice story, though, and one which is useful in reminding us that not everybody believed that Thomas More 'solved' the mystery of the princes.
> Regards, Annette
>

I suppose that we sometimes come across cases that are difficult to completely prove. JA-H's Lady Eleanor biography is almost indisputable, Baldwin's Hypothesis is very interesting, then there is the de la Pole mystery.

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Yes, it is unusually speculative for David, who is normally very pragmatic. In his own introduction he uses the phrase, "What follows may be partly or even wholly fiction", so I guess one must bear that in mind. There was afterwards a contribution to the Ricardian "Bulletin", if memory serves, which pointed out that his theories about Eleanor Kechyn were not supported by the existing evidence (perhaps someone could remind us which edition it was?). A nice story, though, and one which is useful in reminding us that not everybody believed that Thomas More 'solved' the mystery of the princes.
Regards, Annette

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Subject: The Lost Prince

I'm struggling to finish David Baldwin's The Lost Prince. It contains an unusually high number of speculative words (possibly, could have, might have, could it be that? etc), and wonder if there is a serious argument underneath it all. Cheers! Nina