I was looking forward to .........

........ a serialisation on Radio 4 about Katharine de Roet (Swynford),
until I found out that it was written by Weir.

Fiction thread then....

On 27 Oct 2007, at 21:42, Stephen Lark wrote:

> ........ a serialisation on Radio 4 about Katharine de Roet
> (Swynford),
> until I found out that it was written by Weir.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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"Richard Liveth Yet!"

Is there anything wrong with Allison Weir's works? Her History of the
British Royal Family is said to be good.
Le
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Lark" <stephenmlark@...>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:42 PM
Subject: I was looking forward to .........


........ a serialisation on Radio 4 about Katharine de Roet (Swynford),
until I found out that it was written by Weir.




Yahoo! Groups Links

Well she has a theory. If the facts don't fit her theory she makes
them up. She also finds it impossible to look at a subject from all
possible sides.
She ignores anything anybody has ever said in Richard's favour, and
finds Shakespeare a reliable source, which we all know he never was,
nor never wished to be.
As she uses drama as a source for her works, clearly she is not
writing history, but fiction. And that is the only way to approach
her work, if you must approach them.
Paul


On 28 Oct 2007, at 19:47, Le Bateman wrote:

> Is there anything wrong with Allison Weir's works? Her History of the
> British Royal Family is said to be good.
> Le
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Lark" <stephenmlark@...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:42 PM
> Subject: I was looking forward
> to .........
>
>
> ........ a serialisation on Radio 4 about Katharine de Roet
> (Swynford),
> until I found out that it was written by Weir.
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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"Richard Liveth Yet!"

--- In , "Le Bateman"
<LeBateman@...> wrote:
>
> Is there anything wrong with Allison Weir's works? Her History of
the
> British Royal Family is said to be good.
> Le

Jacob, where do I start?

Have a look at the messages on this forum over the past six years -
she has few historical qualifications, ignores all of the evidence
favourable to Richard, loves the Tudors - in a way that other
Tudorists like Paul Johnson do not - and writes from an irritating
romantic perspective. If she told me the time, I would need to check
my watch.

PS That is a moderate opinion compared to that of some forum members!

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Lark" <stephenmlark@...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:42 PM
> Subject: I was looking forward
to .........
>
>
> ........ a serialisation on Radio 4 about Katharine de Roet
(Swynford),
> until I found out that it was written by Weir.
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>