I have Son of York and The Golden Yoke (without the nice dustjacket shown here) and have read (or at least skimmed) the others.
Amy, "Under the Hog" refers to the rhyme by William Collingbourne about "the Rat, the Cat, and the Dog [Ratcliffe, Catesby, and Lovell] ruling all England under a hog." (Kate quotes it in The Stolen Crown. :0)
In Under the Hog, Richard is portrayed as having ordered the killing of the princes but he's not unsympathetic. The prose is a bit dry and dated, like Misfit said, but it was a more realistic characterization than the saintly Richard that is taken for granted nowadays.
Welcome to my blog collection of book covers. In the course of looking for books on ebay, I have come across some very interesting book covers. I didn't always end up buying the book, so the covers shown here aren't necessarily ones that I own. Just ones I liked, disliked or thought were funny, cheesy, etc. I'm no expert when it comes to creating stuff like this, so we'll see how well this format works.
Suggestions are always appreciated!
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What strange titles they have...Under the Hog and The Golden Yoke?! What are those in reference to I wonder?
I'd like to check some of those out and see how he's portrayed.
Good finds Daphne!
I had Under the Hog out via ILL last year but it was very dry and dated and I gave up. Richard's badge was the Boar (hog) and thus the title.
I have Son of York and The Golden Yoke (without the nice dustjacket shown here) and have read (or at least skimmed) the others.
Amy, "Under the Hog" refers to the rhyme by William Collingbourne about "the Rat, the Cat, and the Dog [Ratcliffe, Catesby, and Lovell] ruling all England under a hog." (Kate quotes it in The Stolen Crown. :0)
I too would be interested to see how he is portrayed in these as well. Never heard of them before. Great post! Thanks for the info!
In Under the Hog, Richard is portrayed as having ordered the killing of the princes but he's not unsympathetic. The prose is a bit dry and dated, like Misfit said, but it was a more realistic characterization than the saintly Richard that is taken for granted nowadays.
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