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MallenNC
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Pickpick

I don‘t know if this royal mystery is “solved” but this book puts together an interesting case. I am not an expert so mostly it just made me want to read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey again.

This was my #BookSpinDoubleSpin for June

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Eggs
Sent | Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Pickpick

Chip, Alex and Jonah, the missing kids, are sent back in time to 1483! Chip discovers his original identity as a prince, but the known history is that he will be murdered tonight…

#SeriesLove2024
#ReadAway2024

TheSpineView Fantastic! 5mo
DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 5mo
BethM I should go back and read these! 5mo
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Eggs @TheSpineView 😘😍🥰 5mo
Eggs @DieAReader 🤗🥰🥳 5mo
Eggs @BethM 🥰 Enjoy!! 5mo
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TrishB
The Virgin Widow | Anne O'Brien
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After a day out to Bosworth last week, just a bit of a R3 story. Enjoyable, if a bit romanticised.

LeahBergen I‘d like to go to Bosworth!! 6mo
TrishB @LeahBergen it was fab! We were the only 4 on the tour. The guide was great and we got to do all the re-enactments 😁 6mo
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mabell
The Daughter of Time | Josephine Tey
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Pickpick

Loved it. Absolutely perfect ❤️

#1951 for #192025

Librarybelle This is a good one! 7mo
Chrissyreadit yay!!!!! I 100% Agree! 7mo
rubyslippersreads One of my all-time favorite books. 👑 7mo
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jlhammar Such a good book!! 7mo
Aimeesue LoveLoveLove this one 💙 7mo
LeahBergen So good! 😍 7mo
CarolynM I love Josephine Tey. This is my favourite. 7mo
BarbaraJean Yes!!! This was my first Tey—SO GOOD. 7mo
Tamra I remember enjoying this and I think I need a reread! 7mo
mabell @Librarybelle @Chrissyreadit @jlhammar @LeahBergen Yes! I‘m so glad I finally read it! 7mo
mabell @rubyslippersreads @CarolynM This is one of my favorites now, too! ❤️ 7mo
mabell @Aimeesue It was so, so good! 7mo
mabell @BarbaraJean My first, as well! I‘m definitely going to read her others! 7mo
mabell @Tamra It was so good! I could definitely see myself rereading it in future! 7mo
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mabell
The Daughter of Time | Josephine Tey
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Isn‘t it fun to have bedtime reading that makes you extra excited to go to bed?

I‘m enjoying this immensely! And how different it would progress in the age of cellphones and internet. Instead of slowing ruminating on King Richard III, getting details bit by bit, all the information would be at Grant‘s fingers with a little googling. I‘m so glad that isn‘t the case 😄

Tamra Yes! It is a gift to look forward to climbing into bed with a book. 😁 💙 8mo
Chrissyreadit I love this book! 8mo
intothehallofbooks I haven‘t heard of this book before but it sounds so so good!! 8mo
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rubyslippersreads One of my favorites. 👑 8mo
CarolynM I‘m another fan of this one ❤️ 8mo
mabell @Tamra Yes! Not that I don‘t look forward to going to bed anyway 😂 8mo
mabell @Chrissyreadit @rubyslippersreads @CarolynM I‘ve had it on my shelf for a long time - I wish I had gotten to it sooner! Have you read any of her others? 8mo
mabell @intothehallofbooks I think I first heard of it from Litsy, and thought the same! It just took me years to get to it! 😂 8mo
Tamra @mabell me too. ☺️ 8mo
dabbe I loved this one, too! 💚🩷💚 8mo
Chrissyreadit i have not read others but only because of time… 8mo
CarolynM Yes, all of them, they‘re great, but this one is my favourite🙂 8mo
mabell @dabbe It‘s so good! And I shouldn‘t read it before bed because I have trouble putting it down 😂 7mo
mabell @Chrissyreadit So many books, so little time!! 7mo
mabell @CarolynM I will definitely keep an eye out for the others! 7mo
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CrystalE02
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I enjoyed reading this book. I find this time period interesting. This is the second book book completed for #JoyousJanuary readathon hosted by @Andrew65. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 10mo
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LiseWorks
Richard the Third | Paul Murray Kendall
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September 10 #IdiumInsights. BreakALeg one of the reasons this saying may have come to light was when David Garrick actually broke his leg when he was performing Richard 111 and continued to act 🎬 until the play was finished. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Excellent 🎭❤️🦵 1y
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Tineke
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This is my #doublespin for July @TheAromaofBooks
I enjoyed this. It wasn't entirely true to the facts. But I like history and it was an easy and fast read. Was a bit disgusted with the way women were treated back then. Also how it was all about power. And then those two little boys living all alone in The tower. It makes me wonder if children were mature at a younger age than they're now.
TBR since 6/7/2023; 316 pages.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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swynn
The Murders of Richard III | Elizabeth Peters
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Mehso-so

(1974) Second in Peters's series of mysteries featuring librarian Jacqueline Kirby. In this one Kirby attends a meeting of cosplaying "Ricardians": scholars and history buffs interested in correcting the reputation of King Richard III. Someone takes the game too seriously, staging non-fatal but disturbing "accidents" based on murders attributed to King Dick. It's fun and I love Kirby, but the premise is too precious to make it a favorite

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bookandbedandtea
The Daughter of Time | Josephine Tey
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Pickpick

I enjoyed revisiting this book and I agree that the accepted view of Richard III as evil, or even hunchbacked, doesn't seem to be supported by contemporary evidence and, in fact, appears more to be a smear campaign by the Tudors who succeeded him. I do not agree with the phrenology aspect though. It's ridiculous to judge a person's character by their facial features.