Plantagenets
Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & Dickon
This weekend’s “let’s-forget-the-pandemic” buddy read wasn’t the first time I read Josephine Tey’s setting-the-record-straight-about-Richard III novel, The Daughter of Time, but it was the first time that I did so by reading it together with her play on the same subject (written under the name Gordon Daviot), Dickon, and that combined reading changed my perspective […]
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For Linda: Richard III / Leicester
“The” parking lot Commemorative / explanatory plaque on a wall near the parking lot gates (right-click on the top image and select “display” for a larger view) The parking lot is down a narrow alley from Leicester Cathedral The Tomb in Leicester Cathedral (Usually surrounded by people — luckily I was travelling alone, because I […]
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England (the Southern / Central Part), from East to West and Back: Bookish Souvenirs
The Trip: * Chiltern Hills and Thames Valley (to mystery lovers, aka “Midsomer County” — though given that this is an area chock-full of quintessential(ly) English villages, it’s no surprise that it also routinely provides locations for other series, such as Inspector Morse, The Vicar of Dibley, and of course, adaptations of Agatha Christie’s mysteries […]
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Warrior Kings of England – The Story of the Plantagenet Dynasty [REBLOG]
Reblogged from: Carpe Librum This course at Medieval Courses is 1/2 price until August 14th. I have signed up to take it and thought some of you might be interested as well. With payment ($49), you receive lifetime access to 24 modules with audio, quizzes, & additional reading recommendations. The author of the course is […]
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RICHARD III (Ian McKellen)
Villany Unveiled A gala ball: The York family celebrate their reascent to power; the Wars of the Roses (named for the feuding houses’ heraldic badges: Lancaster’s red and York’s white rose) are almost over. Actually, the year is 1471, but for present purposes, we’re in the 1930s. A singer (Stacey Kent) delivers a swinging “Come […]
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Books With Numbers in the Title
Shout-out to URL Phantomhive for the idea! All of these are taken from my “Read” shelf. Sometimes, the numbers are in the subtitle. Books with several numbers (e.g., history books with a date range in their title) are entered for all numbers. Note: Updated as of March 2021. Zero / None Half […]
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London & (mainly) Stratford-upon-Avon Book Haul, June 2014
Thomas Penn – Winter King: The Dawn of the Tudor Age Neil MacGregor – Shakespeare’s Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects Julian Curry (ed.) – Shakespeare on Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles (interviews with, inter alia, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Derek Jacobi, Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, […]
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