I bought this book because it appeared in an episode of 'The Mentalist' and a fan said it was good. Tey is a classic crime writer from the 1950's and very British. This particular book deals with the process by which 'history' turned Richard the 3rd into a mosterous and deformed murderer.
I enjoyed the book, primarily because it was educational, rather than because of the author's writing abilities. It has definitely changed the way that I view historical scholarship, and has even influenced my understanding of Stephen Leacock's history of Montreal, which I'm currently reading.
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