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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
I recently finished reading the biography of Richard III by Sir Clements Markham, published in about 1906, to which I referred earlier. It was well researched and an interesting book to read, particularly as it was the main influence on Tey, as I understand it.
It’s available from Project Gutenberg for anyone interested in learning more about the actual documentary evidence that survived. Apparently a lot of documents about Richard’s reign were destroyed by Henry VII’s pet historians. I wonder why?
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Thanks Bookpossum, that does sound interesting. I'll read it as well. Any information about Richard lll is useful and trying to understand him and his motives. I'm not surprised Henry Vll historians destroyed documented evidence
of Richard lll reign.They wanted to write his history themselves.