Richard III - An Assessment by Horace Walpole

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Goddlefrood" <gav_fiji at ...>
wrote:
>
> For anyone interested I have uploaded a file to the relevant 
> section of this site. It's a quite long assessment on various 
> aspects of King Richard III by Horace Walpole. It is something 
> that is in the public domain so there's no worry about any 
> copyright infringement.
> 
> I obtained it originally from www.munseys.com and it is very 
> interesting. As there are a good number of members who appear 
> to have a liking for all things Richard III I thought it would 
> be good to share this. Here's the link:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/files/Horace Walpole
on King Richard the Third.pdf
> 
> Goddlefrood
>
Carol:
Thanks very much. I know about Walpole (and Buck/Buc and Cornwallis
and other early defenders or Richard), but I haven't read his
"Historic Doubts" in a long time, and I appreciate the link. Walpole,
of course, had only reason and common sense to go on to oppose Tudor
myth. Since his time a huge number of documents (not to mention
chronicles with biases of every description) have come to light. If
you're seriously interested, the Richard III Society has a list of
recommended reading. Or you can offlist me, and I can recommend some
for you depending on what you know and what you've already read.

Carol, off to visit Horace Walpole