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Deborah (162 KP) rated Richard III: The Road to Leicester in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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Richard III: The Road to Leicester
Amy Licence | 2014
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Call, me cynical, but this does feel like a bit of an attempt to cash in on all the interest stirred by the discovery of King Richard's last resting place. It's a pretty short book - around 90 pages of main text with colour plates and gives a brief overview. The problem is that there are lots of errors - the names of Elizabeth Wydevilles eldest children for starters and the rather sensationalist statement that Edward V disappeared into his room in the Tower "never to come out again" - well, he's evidently not still there, so he must have come out one way or another!

If you want something sensible and readable, John Ashdown-Hill is the author to go with IMO.
  
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David McK (3721 KP) rated Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones in Books

Jan 22, 2021  
Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones
Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones
Angus Donald | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The newest entry (at the time of reviewing) in Angus Donald's 'Robin Hood' series, set between "Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold" and "King's Man", which should really be called "Alan Dale and the Castle of Bones" (although I understand why it is not), as it is more concerned with the trials and tribulations of the (here) 17 year old Alan Dale, still travelling home to England from the Holy Land in the company of Robin, Little John, Hanno and other members of Robin's entourage.

And Alan deserves a slap around the head more than once throughout this.

Robin, of course, has his own agenda, sowing chaos and seeking opportunity in Burgundy on behalf of (or so he says) King Richard.