The Court of the Midnight King

Hello,

I'm new to the board and to Yahoo groups in general - it's only just
occurred to me there might be some for Richard!

I'd just like politely to draw people's attention to a new Richard
III novel, THE COURT OF THE MIDNIGHT KING by Freda Warrington
(myself). It's a slightly alternative take on the story which
purists will probably hate but I hope most people will enjoy!
(Paperback £7.99, publisher Pocket Books) - you can find it in UK
bookshops or order from Amazon.

I'll certainly be interested to read any feedback about it. I'm
interested to see lots of messages about THE SEVENTH SON and I'm off
to read them now.

All the best,
Freda

--- In , "karlcharlotte"
<FredaMike@a...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to the board and to Yahoo groups in general - it's only
just
> occurred to me there might be some for Richard!
>
> I'd just like politely to draw people's attention to a new Richard
> III novel, THE COURT OF THE MIDNIGHT KING by Freda Warrington
> (myself). It's a slightly alternative take on the story which
> purists will probably hate but I hope most people will enjoy!
> (Paperback £7.99, publisher Pocket Books) - you can find it in UK
> bookshops or order from Amazon.
>
> I'll certainly be interested to read any feedback about it. I'm
> interested to see lots of messages about THE SEVENTH SON and I'm
off
> to read them now.
>
> All the best,
> Freda

Congratulations! I'll definitely order it too. Like most of us, I
suppose, I have a dream to do the same but haven't done it. I
certainly like the title - it has a sort of Otherworld feel and
reminds me of the Hall of the Mountain King and Geoffrey Keating's
The Midnight Court.
(The Seventh Son would have been a good title too if it hadn't been
for the numbers problem - or does the author maybe hold with the
theory that Edward wasn't the Duke of York's?)

Yes, I liked The Sunne in Splendour, but my real favourite is We
Speak No Treason. I just thought that was in a class of it's own, but
it's years since I've read it now and maybe I wouldn't feel the same
any more.
Marie

I remembered reading Under The Hog years ago and feeling a reluctance
to read it again. I'm not sure why. I think there were something
about it that I didn't like but I can't think what now. It wasn't
just that Carleton had him guilty of the Princes' murders. Maybe I'll
have to try to reread it. I still have the book.

Does anybody know anything about Patrick Carleton?

I think my favourite of the novels was probably We Speak No Treason
but then again it's a few years since I read it. I might think it too
romantic now.

--- In , sweethelly2003
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I remembered reading Under The Hog years ago and feeling a
reluctance
> to read it again. I'm not sure why. I think there were something
> about it that I didn't like but I can't think what now. It wasn't
> just that Carleton had him guilty of the Princes' murders. Maybe
I'll
> have to try to reread it. I still have the book.
>
> Does anybody know anything about Patrick Carleton?
>
> I think my favourite of the novels was probably We Speak No
Treason
> but then again it's a few years since I read it. I might think it
too
> romantic now.

That's my own feeling about We speak no trason....and probably why I
like Carleton's because Richard is totally sympathetic yet does
indeed kill the prices, and the agony of that decision makes that
Richard all the more human and believable. I enjoyed the slightly
odd style of occasional "non-sentences". Perhaps that was one of the
things you disliked. I found the Hog a far more believable scenario
all round than some of the "soppier" tales. I don't recall Penma's
offering well, so it was good but not great. Whereas I read Carleton
when I was 14 or 15, and then lost it, and have wanted to reread it
ever since - only located a copy last year!

--- In , "mariewalsh2003"
<marie@r...> wrote:
> --- In , "karlcharlotte"
> >
> > I'll certainly be interested to read any feedback about it. >
>I shall order it.
Marie

Don't! It is absolutely abysmal! It is quite the worst piece of
fantastical claptrap that I have read in years! It is more about
myth, fantasy and witchcraft than it is about Richard, with
egotistical insertions of self at intervals. Not particularly well
written either, and full of events that frankly make little or
sense. Absolutely not one for a serios Ricardian!
Brunhild

Jessica wrote: It is quite difficult to access the
mind-set of people (in England) who had
limited access to the learning of the Renaissance, who
had not experienced religious reform, either
Protestant or Catholic, and who also had limited
experience of other races, not to mention religions.

***

Since I began reading about 15th century life last
fall, I've been very conscious of this difficulty.

I was especially impressed by how different it must
have felt to live without knowing that invisible
organisms cause fatal illnesses.

Since there were few books available, most people were
limited to what they could learn by hearsay and
observation. What they "knew" would affect what they
observed.

Very different from the worldviews formed by our
media-saturated environment. If I could time-travel
back, I wouldn't miss TV; but I'd sure miss paperbacks
and public library books.

Marion



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