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Originally Posted by neilmarr
Good luck with *Treason*, Erwin. Meredith's in Melbourne, Australia, but she spent years researching the book in England. She has a fascinating and entirely new take on the Shakespeare-maligned Richard II. Best wishes. Neil
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Hi Neil,
Still owed you a review on Treason.
I see in my post above that the book took me a month to read. Mind you, that wasn't because the book was a bore, but because I spent more time looking up facts with Google than I spent reading the book. For me that's the strength and the weakness of the book. It's so close to history that I kept on wanting to look up persons, dates and places from the book. I don't have to tell you that such a thing ruins the story.....
I truly believe Meredith was much to positive about the role woman played in that time. For instance I really don't believe both Richard and his brother George were that much in love with the Warwick daughters. It was too much a coincidence they both fought over the Warwick estate (which was the richest in England) over the backs of both his daughters.
But all in all I really am glad I read the book. It gives an good insight in an interesting period.
If you like history and medieval stories, this is a recommendable book about the 20 years in history York ruled England.