by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones
When I heard about this book, I was determined to read it. But before I delved into it, I watched the National Geographic special, and one of the talking heads, Philippa Langley, got on my nerves with her hovering and generally being an annoyance to everyone involved. But the name didn't really regi...
As a kid I was fascinated by buried treasure and morbid ghost stories. I read every book I could find about ancient mysteries and old diaries found in dusty attics. I guess you can say that The King's Grave, the true story of how Richard III's bones were discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, ...
Richard lll, the War of the Roses, the mysterious disappearances of the two princes in the tower, have long fascinated many , myself included. I was very excited to hear that they had found his bones under a municipal parking lot and wondered how it had come to pass that this is where his bones had ...
bookshelves: published-2013, medieval5c-16c, nonfiction, e-book, plantagenet-1154-1485, archaeology, lifestyles-deathstyles, net-galley Read from September 11 to 16, 2013 ARC from NetGalley via ♥St. Martin's Press♥Blurbification: The first full-length book about the discover of Richard III's remai...
ARC from NetGalley via ♥St. Martin's Press♥Blurbification: The first full-length book about the discover of Richard III's remains by the person who led the team and the historian whose book spurred her on.Colour me excited. Opening: On 22 August 1485 two armies faced each other at Bosworth Field in ...
I got a copy of this book from the publisher, via Netgalley, for reviewIt is said that history is written by the victors. The character assassination of Richard III after his death at Bosworth by the Tudor family offers a clear case of history being changed by the victors. The Tudor family, starting...
Disclaimer: Arc via NetgalleyAs I was finishing this book, my friend asked me why anyone should care about a king who has been dead for hundreds of years. It’s a fair question. And there is no real easy answer. Why did Philippa Langley care so much that she pretty much pushed for the dig herself?...
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