R3 material, including Paston Letters, Available for Free Download

In case anyone is interested, a lot of Richard III material is available
for free through the Internet Archive search. For example, the complete
Paston Letters are available for free download in five volumes from Google
Books.

To access the documents:

1. Go to http://archive.org/ .

2. Enter "Richard III" into the search box

3. Select the media you want to search for from the drop-down box beside
the search box.


To find the Paston Letters specifically:

1. Enter "John Fenn, William Frere" into the search box.

2. Select "Texts" in the drop-down box next to the search box.

3. Click the "Go" button.

The five volumes containing the complete Paston letters (as published in
the 19th century) will display.

You can click on each title and select the download type you prefer (from
ebooks to PDFs, etc.)

There's a whole treasure trove of stuff here, and some strange stuff as
well. I've managed to find an obscure "romance written in the time of
Richard III" entitled "The Woodsman" (in three volumes) written by a
mid-Victorian author named George Payne Rainsford James.

I mention this novel because a few weeks or months ago, we were discussing
where "Dickon" had begun in literature as a nickname for Richard. I think
the conclusion was that Josephine Tey had likely been the first to use it.

Mr. James' woodman uses it. His novel was printed in 1949, so perhaps Tey
read it.

Happy hunting and reading.

~Weds

--

- *Friend:* Are you upset about the outcome of the election?
- *Me:* I'm upset about the outcome of the War of the Roses.

Wednesday, that's brilliant, thank you!


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Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:54
Subject: R3 material, including Paston Letters, Available for Free Download

 
In case anyone is interested, a lot of Richard III material is available
for free through the Internet Archive search. For example, the complete
Paston Letters are available for free download in five volumes from Google
Books.

To access the documents:

1. Go to http://archive.org/ .

2. Enter "Richard III" into the search box

3. Select the media you want to search for from the drop-down box beside
the search box.

To find the Paston Letters specifically:

1. Enter "John Fenn, William Frere" into the search box.

2. Select "Texts" in the drop-down box next to the search box.

3. Click the "Go" button.

The five volumes containing the complete Paston letters (as published in
the 19th century) will display.

You can click on each title and select the download type you prefer (from
ebooks to PDFs, etc.)

There's a whole treasure trove of stuff here, and some strange stuff as
well. I've managed to find an obscure "romance written in the time of
Richard III" entitled "The Woodsman" (in three volumes) written by a
mid-Victorian author named George Payne Rainsford James.

I mention this novel because a few weeks or months ago, we were discussing
where "Dickon" had begun in literature as a nickname for Richard. I think
the conclusion was that Josephine Tey had likely been the first to use it.

Mr. James' woodman uses it. His novel was printed in 1949, so perhaps Tey
read it.

Happy hunting and reading.

~Weds

--

- *Friend:* Are you upset about the outcome of the election?
- *Me:* I'm upset about the outcome of the War of the Roses.