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I really hope the Bod gets a copy of Michael Hicks' Anne Neville: Queen to Richard III because I am growing less and less inclined to purchase it, and I really need to read it.

Not that I'm looking forward to that. I had some spare time so I started flipping through it in Borders today and he succeeded in annoying me within about twenty pages by referring to Richard III as a paedophile because he married Anne Neville when she was fifteen.

If he's a paedophile, what does that make Edmund Tudor? He married Margaret Beaufort when she was twelve and she gave birth to Henry Tudor at thirteen. Not to mention the fact that Anne had already been married once before. Does that make Edward of Lancaster a paedophile too? Oy.

Seriously. This was normal. I'm not saying it was a good thing -- it probably wasn't -- but it was what people did.

I appreciate that *someone* is taking the time to write something about Anne Neville. It's about time someone did. That being said, maybe we could stop with the crazy conspiracy theories and weird statements that make no sense in context?

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Oh, I *need* to read The King's Grey Mare; it's on my dissertation list. The book of Jarman's that I have read is We Speak No Treason, which was quite good? I think Anne only makes a short appearance, though.

And it's even more annoying to me that the one biography of her in existence is this one. Sigh.

The only answer is that you write one ;)

Don't think it isn't tempting. But I should probably write my dissertation first. ;)

Well, if you're going to be logical about it... ;p

I recall Ann Kettle having us in fits in 2nd Arts Mediæval History, on the short course on Richard III, with readings from We Speak No Treason. "The Nut-Brown Maid" character is a true Mary-Sue...

She was a bit of a Sue. I did enjoy the section narrated by the court jester, though. And I'm quite curious as to how she'll take on an entire novel about Elizabeth Woodville, whose portrayals fluctuate wildly between Angsty!Woeful!Dishrag and Evil!Machiavellian!Bitch.