[quote=""Berengaria""]I bought copies of this novel for my grade 12's and we became quite involved in the argument over Richard's culpability in the death of his nephews. It also opened up the discussion on bias! The kids and I thoroughly enjoyed the study, and I started to become more interested this time period. Great book![/quote]
I remember studying this period in high school and asking the teacher why Richard III would kill his own nephews if he had already proclaimed them as illegitimate? It made no sense to me as the murder of two innocent boys who happend to be his nephews would alienate just about everyone. The teacher just shrugged her shoulders and gave me no answer.
I really loved this book and I still don't think Richard III killed his nephews!
Bec
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What Are You Reading? September 2012
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
Finished The Last Knigdom. Still reading The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
I am reading Steve Berry's `The Paris Vendetta'.
Action and history together, what more could a man want?
Action and history together, what more could a man want?
John Sliz
http://www.stormboatkings.ca
http://www.stormboatkings.ca
Continuing with my research book Aetius: Attila's Nemesis and starting a review book: The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer.
Faith L. Justice, Author Website
I'm currently reading something unusual for me. It's a bit of a history of rock music but mostly a biography, Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts.
I think Springsteen's lyrics qualify him as a writer. And he has the integrity.
Shelley
Rain, A Dust Bowl Story
http://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.com
I think Springsteen's lyrics qualify him as a writer. And he has the integrity.
Shelley
Rain, A Dust Bowl Story
http://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.com
Added An Experiment in Love by Hillary Mantel as my commuting book, so have three going at the moment.
Faith L. Justice, Author Website
[quote=""Texas""]I'm currently reading something unusual for me. It's a bit of a history of rock music but mostly a biography, Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts.
I think Springsteen's lyrics qualify him as a writer. And he has the integrity.
Shelley
Rain, A Dust Bowl Story
http://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.com[/quote]
Ooh, that sounds interesting. I don't usually reads biographies but I'm a huge Springsteen fan and agree with you re his wonderful lyrics. They often inspire me as a writer, and often have a place on my novel soundtracks. There are such stories in those songs.
I think Springsteen's lyrics qualify him as a writer. And he has the integrity.
Shelley
Rain, A Dust Bowl Story
http://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.com[/quote]
Ooh, that sounds interesting. I don't usually reads biographies but I'm a huge Springsteen fan and agree with you re his wonderful lyrics. They often inspire me as a writer, and often have a place on my novel soundtracks. There are such stories in those songs.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 4378
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Have finished Now You See Me by S J Bolton which I thought was a gripping and fast paced thriller with a fascinating 'Jack the Ripper' theme. I've now started The Confidant by Helene Gremillon, a dual timeframe story set in the 1970s and the 1940s.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind