Saturday July 14th 2018
The first of our posts in this most recent update is - I am embarrassed to admit - a VERY long overdue note concerning a pair of books co-written by a lovely friend of ours, Susan Lamb.
Sue and her friend Joanne Larner are passionate 'Ricardians', devoted to the knowledge that Richard the III was certainly not the hump-backed, evil, 'prince killer' that popular history has mainly portrayed him. Avidly studying the history of one of our most famous monarchs, both ladies were struck by the emphasis constantly being heaped on the 'negative' aspects of his life... all of the death, destruction and - greatly thanks to the work of William Shakespeare - inferred skullduggery and evil machinations! Greatly as a result of this, they decided that the horrendously maligned Richard needed to show his more humourous side.... and..... as a consequence, 'Dickon's Diaries: A Yeare In The Lyff Of King Richard The Third' was created!!
This intriguing book is, according to Joanne's biography, 'A humorous collection of anecdotes about Richards's escapades at his castle of 'Muddleham'; and readers are warned that the book is 'NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY' as they are invited to..... well....... lets just let his Highness tell you himself, for best, eh?:
"Deare Dames and loyalle Subjectes, hear ye this! 'Tis your Liege Lord
and Sovereign King, Ricardus Rex Tertius, but ye have Oure permission to
calle Us Dickon, for We are a right generous and kinde prince and We
knoweth ye loveth Us right welle (especially ye Dames). We hath been
keepyng Oure own personall diary, a diary whyche telleth of Oure lyff
here at Muddleham and ye adventures of Us, Oure wyff, Anne, the Quene
and Oure loyalle and trustie friend and servaunt, Francis Lovell. We
hath wryttn down alle Oure thoughts and anecdotes for your pleasure. We
know ye follow Us on Ye Booke of Faces and enjoy Oure wordes of wisdom,
so now can ye owne a whole booke of them. And, We hope ye shalle agree,
right entertainyng it is, by Oure troth. Let not any saye your King is
not a generous and kindlie monarch! Now readeth ye on!"
While the aforementioned volume is clearly light-hearted fiction, Sue herself - through her passion for Richard and his ultimate demise in Bosworth, Leicestershire - has experienced some related 'strangeness', which she believes is most probably paranormal in nature!? As page visitors will see when they read on, her peculiar encounters at the battlefield itself are mentioned in one of our most recent posts below.....
Copies of 'Dickon's Diaries: A Yeare In The Lyff Of King Richard The Third' are available via Amazon at this LINK
Unfortunately - and this is where we are truly embarrassed - it
has taken us so long to report on this volume, our post actually comes
at a time when a 'second' installment is now almost ready for release!!
Word of 'Dickons Diaries 2: Another Yeare In The Lyff Of King Richard The Third' - due for release shortly, in early August 2018 - can be viewed HERE
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