King Richard III (of England)

Nov 01, 2010 23:56


During the Halloween movie fest, Marilyn and I saw part of the Vincent Price movie, "Tower of London," the supposed story of King Richard III of England ( Read more... )

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julieannie November 2 2010, 08:23:08 UTC
I don't love Richard's betrayal to his older brother (I hold his responsible for not doing things properly and leading to the turmoil) but I doubt he killed those princes and I doubt the deformities. I blame his mom for being power hungry and willing to cut out the Woodvilles and I'm not sure who I blame for the deaths.

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kamion November 2 2010, 09:36:06 UTC
I've a very nice book somewhere in the jumble called a bookshelf that give a good unbiased picture of Richard III, don't think he was worse or better then his contempories.

however I love the villain Sir Ian McKellan made of him in the movie

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skylightdance November 3 2010, 15:08:13 UTC
interesting.

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