Book Review: We Speak No Treason
We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read the second half of this book some time ago, being unable at that time to locate the first half (the book had been divided into two volumes.) Then I learned the joy of used book vendors and have in my possession the single book edition, like new, for less than the price when it was freshly published.
I have finished the whole of this book and am moved by the beauty of the writing and the psychological underpinning of the narration.
Of the four Books and the three speakers, I treasured the story of the Fool best. I have more in common with the Fool, can understand the context of his feelings better. With him I say "I live in past and present." But most of all, I am grateful this part of the story ends when it does and I am not forced to visit Bosworth Field again. I have spent too many restless nights re-living that last desperate charge down Ambion Hill.
I shall read this book again for the aesthetic satisfaction it provides in such abundance.
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