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Richard III: The Maligned King

By: Annette Carson

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Richard III: The Maligned King

By: Annette Carson

Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, made good laws that still protect ordinary people today. Yet history concentrates on the fictional hunchback as depicted by Shakespeare: the wicked uncle who stole the throne and killed his nephews in the Tower of London. Voices have protested during the intervening years, some of them eminent and scholarly, urging a more reasoned view to replace the traditional black portrait. But historians, whether as authors or presenters of popular TV history, still trot out the old pronouncements about ruthless ambition, usurpation and murder. After centuries of misinformation, the truth about Richard III has been overdue a fair hearing. Annette Carson seeks to redress the balance by examining the events of his reign as they actually happened, based on reports in the original sources. She traces the actions and activities of the principal characters, investigating facts and timelines revealed in documentary evidence. She also dares to investigate areas where historians fear to tread, and raises some controversial questions. In 2012 Carson was a member of Philippa Langley's Looking For Richard Project, which provided important new answers from the DNA-confirmed discovery of the king's remains. Her involvement in Langley's Missing Princes Project, with its international research initiative on the 'princes in the Tower', has now informed her revelatory extra chapter.

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The History Press

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075247314X

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9780752473147

A Real Shot in the Arm

By: Annette Roome

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A Real Shot in the Arm

By: Annette Roome

Wry, self-deprecating Chris was dead from the neck up, until she started work as a local journalist, and dead from the neck down, until Pete Schiavo touched her. To cheer herself up she used to invent new ways to irritate her husband, or, failing that she'd have a good session with the hoover and a black plastic sack. When she discovers a dead body from a fire escape as one of her first assignments, Chris's sheltered existence suffers a jot. As she and her attractive divorcee colleague, Pete, look into the victim's background they uncover a scam of corruption, police intimidation and blackmail which Chris would never have suspected in her safe suburban neighbourhood.

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255

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Black Dagger

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140568559X

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9781405685597

Thought for the Day

By: Annette Roome,David Armstrong

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Thought for the Day

By: Annette Roome,David Armstrong

Chris Martin stumbles on a great follow-up to her newest assignment, and she is determined not to let the story of her career get away. Soon after interviewing local boy and legendary rock star Rick Monday, he is found dead with an ornamental dagger in his chest.

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HarperCollins UK

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0002326450

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9780002326452

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Richard III: The Maligned King

Richard III: The Maligned King

A Real Shot in the Arm

A Real Shot in the Arm

Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day

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