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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay Historical Fiction At Best!,
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This review is from: We Speak No Treason (Hardcover)
Fortunately, I didn't buy this book but read it on loan from the library. I thought it would be primarily about Richard III, however, it seems to be more about the historical fictional characters that are supposed to be telling his story. They talk about thier own experiences much more than we hear about Richard's. Very sad, as this could have been an excellent novel about him. The fictional characters POVs touch very little on Richard but when they do they are very insightful and at times touching. The day-to-day living descriptions of England are very realistic and not always rendered as fairy-tale like conditions even for the nobility.If you want to read excellent historical fiction about Richard III try Sharon Kay Penman's "The Sunne In Splendour", "Treason" by Meredith Whitford, or even "Desire The Kingdom" by Paula Simonds Zabka. Any of those novels far surpasses the content and readability of "We Speak No Treason."
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
We Speak No Treason - My All Time Favorite Book,
By Maxine A. Davis (Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Speak No Treason (Hardcover)
Rosemary Hawley Jarman's masterpiece is "We Speak No Treason". This book is undoubtedly one of the best fictional accounts of the controversial King Richard III ever written. The characterizations are superb,and the protagonists' intertwining stories each offer different facets of a complex story which combine to round out the plot from many points of view. The fictional and non-fictional characters blend seamlessly and believably.Ms. Jarman's knack for historical detail and her well-developed and fascinating storylines result in a book that is impossible to put down and one that leaves the reader feeling as if he or she has lived in the Middle Ages ! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in English History, The Wars of the Roses,and especially King Richard III. A word of warning to those who accept Shakespeare's villainous portrayal of Richard III: This book may very well change your mind!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still Loyal After All These Years,
By Judy H. (Wichita, KS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We Speak No Treason (Hardcover)
I recently re-read my old copy of this book, mainly because I was amazed at some of the negative reviews here on Amazon. I wondered if the book was really not as good as I remembered.Well - I still love it. The writing is poetic and moving and sad, and I personally thought the device of using different narrators to tell Richard's story made the book much better than Penman's "The Sunne in Splendour", which I found MUCH too wordy. This is a novel, and one writer's personal interpretation of one man's life. It's not meant to be history for historians. If anyone were to ask me about what to read concerning Richard, I'd tell them to read the Shakespeare play first, and then the Charles Ross biography, and then Tey's "The Daughter of Time", and then Costain's "The Last Plantagenets", and then this book. You'll then have a full circle of opinion, but I think that this book will be the one you remember.
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