Richard III - An Assessment by Horace Walpole

[Carol]

Jayne wrote:
> As a great Richard 111 lover I would have liked to have seen this,
but could not access the link on this server
> Never Mind
> 
> Jayne
> Who is going to Yorkshire on holiday and plans to visit Midleham,
Richards child hood home
>
Carol responds:

The link didn't go through completely. I'm copying it, hoping that it
will link this time. If not, cut and paste the part that doesn't link
into the address box.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/files/Horace Walpole

According to the RIII Society, Middleham is now graced (I hope you
read the irony in that word) by a statue of Richard created by an
artist who couldn't make up her mind whether Richard was man or monster. 

http://www.richardiii.net/images/richard_middlehamstatue.jpg

Better no statue at all than that one, IMO! 

I much prefer the statue at Bosworth, even though Richard was unlikely
to hold the coronet in his hand that way. It was firmly attached to
his helmet:

http://www.richardiii.net/images/Leicester_statue_trans.gif

Carol, who would have liked to see Middleham when she was in England
even though it's fallen into ruin