The Daughter of Time was a great book and rather confirmed what I thought. When I was taught World History there was a portrait of Richard III in our text book. Even though my history teacher went on and on about the evil Richard I thought he looked more sad than evil.
But what really struck me was that Sir Thomas More’s History was never published during his lifetime and I wondered why? I believe that he knew what he had written was propaganda and false, and being an honorable man could not bring himself to have lies published in his name.
The entire Plantagenet Family history reads like a novel from the first one to Richard the last King of that name. Some were great and most not so great but always, always fascinating.
For those who follow this, John Ashdown-Hill’s last book, The Mythology of the Princes in the Tower, has just been released. It’s not cheap being an academic-style tome but it will be filled with good info and interesting tidbits.