[Eepsy]

Anyone interested in a lighter historical read might enjoy the recently republished Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. A police detective laid up in Hospital with a broken leg reexamines the case against Richard III. Great novel, and not too long.

http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Time-Josephine-Tey/dp/0684803860

[ZULU]

Thanks for that reference.

I remember reading a recent history about Rcihard III which pretty much put Henry Tudor VII in perspective.

Richard III was a renowed warrior of the age and quite adept in the use of arms. Fighting in that manner would make it extremely unlikely he was a hunchback. Also, recent work on paiting of him revealed the LATER addition of a hunchback to the painting, probably done during the reign of Henry VII.

At Bosworth Richard III led his troops in person, fighting like a true king and a brave man, while that offspring of a Welsh Gigolo, Henry VII cowered like the craven dog he was behind his persoanl bodyguard.

You can judge the man by his offspring. Look at the bloated and disease ridden sadistic sot that Henry VII produced.

There are far too many cicumstantial facts like this that would lead one to conclude that the Princes in the Tower were murdered immediately after the Battle of Bosworth at the direction of that piece of offal Henry VII than by Richard III. They were certainly far more of a threat to Henry Tudor with his questionable lineage than to the man who was the brother of the previous monarch.