[neocon1984]

Interestingly, Henry VIII was probably one of the best educated and brightest monarchs in British history. His daughter (Elizabeth I) is considered by some historians to have been extremely bright. (They often overuse the word “genius”).

All the same, I am still a “House of York” person and resent the hatchet job that the Tudor propagandists did on Richard III. Josephine Tey (”The Daughter of Time”) and Sharon Kay Penman (”The Sunne in Splendor”) have writen some interesting (fictional) books on that subject.

[Clemenza]

The House of Stuart is the only legitimate Royal House in the UK. Those damn German pretenders need to be kicked back to Hanover.

[grey_whiskers]

At last, someone else who has read Josephine Tey!

The Daughter of Time was this first time I had ever read that Richard III *wasn't* a monster.

Have you read any of her other books (The Franchise Affair, Brat Farrar?)

Cheers!