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Originally Posted by Catlady
Is Grant a defense lawyer or a detective? Sure, a clever lawyer can make a case, and win it with the right jury--the defense lawyer's job isn't to find the truth, it's to defend the client. But Grant's supposed to be a detective looking for truth, and instead he too often is selective in what he decides to believe about a man whose face he likes.
I'm reading Weir now, and occasionally going back to Tey to see how some things match up. Tey glosses over the sudden execution of Hastings:
I'm not sure why the specific timing ("rushed") is so important to Grant and Carradine, but Weir says:
As to the matter of the forfeited estates being restored, Weir says:
Weir's take makes perfect sense to me.
Per why the princes needed to be killed when they were already delegitimized, Weir talks about the Sanctuary plot:
Tey, as far as I can recall, made no mention of this plot and how it might have affected Richard's plans for the princes.
That's as far as I've gotten in Weir (a little over halfway); I am finding it much more compelling and interesting than Tey.
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That's why I and Bookworm_girl have recommended Alison Weir as a Prosecution and Tey as the defence of King Richard. They compliment each other perfectly.
Hastings was rushed to execution. One week is considered a short time. So Hastings was executed hastily. Usually they spend time in prison awaiting execution this was not done. It could be months or years. One week was unusual. Richard didn't want him tell anyone about the Princes fate. Whatever that might be.