tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7226346531494944668..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Is this the face of a murderer?Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-13656509085868981292013-02-07T13:03:55.106-06:002013-02-07T13:03:55.106-06:00The recent facial reconstruction came back with si...The recent facial reconstruction came back with similar features and a very youthful look for Richard, which seems right for the fact he was in good health and only 32 when he died. <br /><br />http://www.newsy.com/videos/researchers-reconstruct-king-richard-iii-s-face/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+newsy-allvideos+%2528Newsy.com+Videos+Feed%2529<br /><br />http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/05/reconstruction-reveals-face-england-long-lost-king-richard-iii/<br /><br />In the same vein with the question/premise of Josephine Tey's novel, Ms Langley of the Richard III Society was heard saying the ‘very handsome’ face of the king was not one of a cold-blooded killer. I am not commenting on the validity of the argument, just pointing out the similarity and quietly chuckling to myself.<br /><br />Richard's character was certainly blackened by his rivals, but a Medieval prince did not have to be a cold-blooded murderer in order to eliminate competitors to the throne. Besides, it could have been his over zealous men like James Tyrell, or Henri Stafford who thought they knew better what the Richard wanted than Richard himself. The fact that the princes were never seen after 1483 goes against Richard's faction at the end of the day.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73560445505051683272011-11-25T01:00:41.641-06:002011-11-25T01:00:41.641-06:00People really have to get over the idea that only ...People really have to get over the idea that only the nobility were capable of being educated or talented.<br />Shakespeare as author *is* the simplest explanation because other proposals have to explain the production of nearly 40 plays, long poems, two sonnet cycles, and the historical references to Shakespeare as actor and manager of his own company, and how it was that someone like Oxford with no theatrical experience whatsoever would be able to write plays as well as an experienced actor would do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16508488283733417422009-06-29T17:25:32.700-05:002009-06-29T17:25:32.700-05:00@Richard - the theory you suggest (often called th...@Richard - the theory you suggest (often called the Stratfordian hypothesis) is actually NOT simpler, because then one has to explain how the uneducated son of a pig farmer in rural England came to have a world-class vocabulary and a familiarity with the names of streets in Italy. Not to mention explaining why, when he died, no attention was paid to the fact by the public and press. And more. The "Oxfordian hypothesis" is actually the simpler of the two.<br /><br />I should blog this topic sometime, but there's so much to cover that it would really require starting a separate blog. And I don't have the energy for that right now...Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57811879470659339222009-06-29T15:51:42.688-05:002009-06-29T15:51:42.688-05:00Is it possible that Shakespeare wrote the Shakespe...Is it possible that Shakespeare wrote the Shakespeare plays? I know this is a radical proposal but it does have the benefit of simplicity.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35502927792689144272009-06-22T08:51:48.370-05:002009-06-22T08:51:48.370-05:00I started with Sharon Kay Penman's The Sunne i...I started with Sharon Kay Penman's <i>The Sunne in Splendour</i> immediately followed by Paul Murray Kendall's <i>Richard the Third</i>. Learning about the real man was so different from the brilliant but fictional Shakespearean version that I found myself compelled to gobble up all I could on this fifteenth-century monarch and ended up writing about him myself. My first book, a novel about Richard III in <a href="http://www.joanszechtman.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>This Time</i></a> will be available by the end of this month. <br /><br />After much research, not only like Tey have I come to the conclusion that r3 was innocent of their murders, but that they weren't murdered at all and may well have survived him.<br /><br />Go to the <a href="http://www.r3.org/welcome.html" rel="nofollow">American Branch</a> website referenced in this article and click on 'Resources for Students and Teachers' for a link to non-fiction Ricardian resources and on 'Ricardian fiction' for a list of novels that are about Richard III, Wars of the Roses, and medieval themes.<br /><br />For Ricardian discussion and an abridged list of Ricardian sites among others (including this site) go to my blog, <a href="http://rtoaaa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Random Thoughts of an Accidental Author</a>.<br /><br />JoanJoanszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310350850882768819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43612897855266987482009-06-20T14:51:55.946-05:002009-06-20T14:51:55.946-05:00Richard the III as a character is still the best S...Richard the III as a character is still the best Shakespearian character around. Funny as hell and evil as [insert four letter swear word]<br />I heart him.MomoMonkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68762632563058250582009-06-19T23:38:47.143-05:002009-06-19T23:38:47.143-05:00This book started me on some serious research into...This book started me on some serious research into the matter, got me hooked on the Middle Ages, changed me from a Lancastrian to a Yorkist, and caused me to stick up for Richard at every opportunity.Barbwirenoreply@blogger.com