"Daughter of Warwick" and "Return of the King"
"Daughter of Warwick" and "Return of the King"
2013-10-15 00:10:18
Has anyone read the newish (November 2012) Anne Neville novel, "Daughter of Warwick" by Julie May Ruddick? To me it seems (from the free sample I read on my Kindle) a little too heavily influenced by "Sunne in Splendour" (without "we be," etc.) with a large dose of saccharine added. Some details are wrong (Francis Lovell is too old, Warwick has a mustache, etc.), but at least it appears to be pro-Richard. Can't tell yet whether we have "spunky Anne" or "victim Anne." I was thinking that the author referred to the WOTR by PG's term ("Cousins' Wars"), but that must have been some other book.
Oho! I just remembered. That was another new book of which i read a free sample on Kindle, this one a nonfiction attempt to present Richard "objectively" (we know where that always leads), 'Richard III: Return of the King" (inevitable title) by Patricia J. Collins. Not a promising beginning though she does get the scoliosis right. She promises to answer other questions such as whether Richard had a valid claim to the throne, whether he poisoned his wife, and, of course, whether he killed his nephews. I doubt that it provides anything new but it does at least provide endnotes (not accessible in the free sample).
Carol
Oho! I just remembered. That was another new book of which i read a free sample on Kindle, this one a nonfiction attempt to present Richard "objectively" (we know where that always leads), 'Richard III: Return of the King" (inevitable title) by Patricia J. Collins. Not a promising beginning though she does get the scoliosis right. She promises to answer other questions such as whether Richard had a valid claim to the throne, whether he poisoned his wife, and, of course, whether he killed his nephews. I doubt that it provides anything new but it does at least provide endnotes (not accessible in the free sample).
Carol
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