Childhood memory
I've just rejoined the Richard III Society. My great-grandmother was a Ricardian long before it was fashionable, and used to tell me stories. I viciously HATED Henry Tudor because he had Richard's horse White Surrey killed for carrying the King into battle, she told me. We used to go into Leicester every August, to throw flowers off Bow Bridge into the River Soar, because it was believed his body had been thrown into the river at the dissolution of Greyriars. The statue didn't exist then, and that was the closest we could get. Henry was such a pig he dated his reign from the day before the battle so he could charge Richard's followers with treason.
Years later I had a dispute with my history master over an essay on an admired historical figure. I didn't know as much then as I do now, but could still cite a few facts and figures. Though I went against received wisdom he admitted it was a good essay, unusual, and he enjoyed it.
A great read is Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey which examines the events through the eyes of a modern detective. It also points out the Tonypandy theory of history - events which everyone knows about, but which didn't happen as we think. I even wrote a couple of Pros stories using that as a jumping off point.
I'm so glad I lived long enough to see the King found, and people really beginning to question the standard beliefs about him.
Sorry, obsessive rant over.
Years later I had a dispute with my history master over an essay on an admired historical figure. I didn't know as much then as I do now, but could still cite a few facts and figures. Though I went against received wisdom he admitted it was a good essay, unusual, and he enjoyed it.
A great read is Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey which examines the events through the eyes of a modern detective. It also points out the Tonypandy theory of history - events which everyone knows about, but which didn't happen as we think. I even wrote a couple of Pros stories using that as a jumping off point.
I'm so glad I lived long enough to see the King found, and people really beginning to question the standard beliefs about him.
Sorry, obsessive rant over.