[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Inacurate History & Richard III
Tandy, Heidi
heidit at netbox.com
Mon May 21 15:27:02 UTC 2001
A little belatedly, parker, and others who are into *corrected* history - I
recommend Josephine Tey's The Daugher of Time (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684803860/o/qid=990458887/sr=8-1/ref
=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3761420-2238542
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684803860/o/qid=990458887/sr=8-1/re
f=aps_sr_b_1_1/102-3761420-2238542> ) - Tey focuses on the legend of Richard
III, the evil hunchback of British history accused of murdering his young
nephews. The cover blurb says, while at a London hospital recuperating from
a fall, Inspector Alan Grant becomes fascinated by a portrait of King
Richard. A student of human faces, Grant cannot believe that the man in the
picture would kill his own nephews. With an American researcher's help,
Grant delves into his country's history to discover just what kind of man
Richard Plantagenet was and who really killed the little princes. There's an
interesting discussion on truth, and the Great Man theory of history, and
the importance to William Shakespeare of maligning Plantagenets and praising
Tudors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A good read - only about 200
pages, so not too ime consuming either.
Parker wrote
But there *is* a difference. Shakespeare was writing in Tudor times,
he was trying to please a Tudor King, so yes, his history stinks.
Disney, if it had gotten its facts straight, could have had a really
good, interesting movie about Pocahontas.
(I'm madly in love with Shakespeare--I was read Shakespeare as
bedtime stories from the time I was 2, and began reading him for
myself at 4. It was this that made me passionately in love with all
things British. I'm also infuriated at Shakespeare because he
maligned a lot of good kings. MacBeth and Richard III to name but
two.)
Yes, I'm a historian.
Peace & Plenty,
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