Interview with Author Isolde Martyn
Interview with
♛ Isolde Martyn ♛
Our interview partner today is well known here on the KRA-website, as Ms Martyn already represented Australia and the research association The Plantagenet Society of Australiy here in this interview.
Today, we want to present Ms Isolde Martyn with her excellent knowledge about King Richard III, his family, background and the time of the Wars of the Roses in general, together with her wonderful book publications.
I am currently reading Ms Martyn’s book “The Devil in Ermine“, which will come out shortly (Yes, I have a pre-verion ;o)
And I can tell you, I can’t recommend it highly enough. I am in total awe of this well researched and gripping depiction of the decisive year 1483 in King Richard III’s life seen and told from the perspective of his cousin, the Duke of Buckingham.
The revolt by Buckingham, the reasons, the background are so well told that I really feel for the characters described in the book and see all the motives so well coming together and building the story. The book really has gripped me.
(I will let you know as soon as the book becomes available. – I know I am cruel here, stoking your curiosity, while I am already reading it ;o)
But now I let Ms Martyn tell you more about her connections and research about King Richard III and her new just published book “Mistress to the Crown” about Jane Shore:
Why do you choose the period of the late Middle Ages? It was a time of hardships, especially for women, of fierce fights and wars man against man, of romantic knights, …
What is so very special about this time period in England that it can especially grip the interest of modern time readers?
The seesawing of fortune during the Wars of the Roses. One moment you have a man who is King of England, next day he is a penniless refugee at the court of Burgundy. Life could change in an instant. This means that a novelist can put a lot of pressure on a historical character. How will he or she react to being charged with treason? Can they regain their lands?
What did especially trigger your interest in the Plantagenets and specifically King Richard III?
I read Josephine Tey’s book, The Daughter of Time when I was 14 and I watched Shakespeare’s history plays.
Apart from Richard III, the person that fascinated me most in that era was the lady spy who passed through Calais. I was determined one day to write a novel about her. To do that well, I needed to go to a university that specialised in the Wars of the Roses and study the Yorkist era properly. Fortunately, I was able to go to the University of Exeter. Yes, and my novel about the woman spy–THE MAIDEN AND THE UNICORN–eventually won major awards in America and Australia.
The research about King Richard III shows that sciences did develop greatly and allow deeper insights, though the time gap between our time and the researched time period becomes greater.
Some things are documented quite well, others are lacking and gaps in our knowledge about the time partially are still great.
How do you cope with those holes in historical documentation for your writing?
You are right, there are few facts. We have to be open-minded about historical sources. For example, how informed were the chroniclers? Where did their ‘facts’ come from? Were they–or their sources–politically biased?
Yes, this lack of information makes it wonderful for the novelist. However, as a historian, I try to adhere to what is known. If Richard was at Middleham on a certain day, I would not have him somewhere else for the sake of the story-plot. I think an author needs to make it clear what is fact and what is fiction in a novel’s History Note and List of Characters. That is why Shakespeare’s wicked Richard III has had such impact. When people see something enacted, they are more likely to accept it as true. There is rarely a note at the beginning of a film saying ‘this screenplay was written for drama and entertainment, and some of it may not be true’.
How do you see the relevance of the current archaeological research about the human remains of King Richard III in Leicester? – For your writing, for the available knowledge about the time, for the interpretation of King Richard III, for Leicester, …
As the skeleton is Richard’s, knowing how tall he was, what he might have looked like or eaten before the battle is marvellous. For historians, comparing the physical evidence with the historical sources and legend raises some interesting issues. For example, the evidence of scoliosis. This means that the Tudor slurs about Richard’s appearance did have an element of truth. The portraits of Richard, where changes have been made to show one shoulder higher than the other, may have to be assessed differently now.
I should like to know from medical experts whether the scoliosis could be due to a heel wound at Barnet or Tewekesbury or from combat practice? Or would he have had the condition when he was a child?
As regards Leicester, if Richard is reinterred in the cathedral, I think Leicester City Council will have to take much greater care of the historical areas of the city, especially those beyond the ring road. These seemed very neglected last time I was there.
What do you do to prepare yourself to get into the mood of the late Middle Ages to write about the time and such realistic characters as you create in your books?
It’s hard to sum this up for you.
I read literature from that era, e.g. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur, and I pick out imagery and phrases that could be used in dialogue.
How would a man have felt at that moment in his life, given the occasion, the weather, what he was wearing, what was at stake for him, who he was dealing with, his health, what he ate for breakfast? It can be the small details that can make a character seem real. When Warwick the Kingmaker knelt so long for forgiveness in front of Margaret d’Anjou in 1470, did his legs go numb (do you say ‘pins and needles’ in German? [Comment CDoart: We say the limbs ‘fall asleep’]) Did he have to be helped to his feet?
What started your interest in the setting and the characters of your new books?
I was going to write a novel about Margaret Beaufort (as a villain) but Buckingham was like a little boy waving his hand in a classroom, ‘What about me, Miss? Write the book about me!’ So my novel THE DEVIL IN ERMINE is the events of 1483 from Buckingham’s point of view. I hope to have it up as an e-book very soon but there have been some hitches in getting the format right.
MISTRESS TO THE CROWNcame out in Australian shops in February and will be available soon in Germany and the U.K. I wanted to write about a woman who was at the heart of events in Yorkist England. Mistress Shore, King Edward’s lover, was perfect. No one had written a novel yet about the real Mistress Shore. Her name was Elizabeth Lambard and she was the daughter of a wealthy alderman, who was Sheriff of London and a supporter of the house of York.
More details about Ms Martyn’s latest book publication “Mistress to the Crown“:
Mistress to the Crown
- eHarlequin Australia
- U.K. edition coming in June 2013
- German edition announced for December 2013
About Jane Shore, mistress to King Edward IV’s and involved in an intrigue against King Richard III, and her struggle for freedom.
Isolde Martyn online:
www.isoldemartyn.com
Amazon.com-Author’s page
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Richard Armitage & Richard III
♛ King Richard Armitage ♛
The oh so hotly awaited ‘full’ interview with Richard Armitage by Emily Anderson now has taken place on BBC Radio Leicester today.
I am not really sure why they had made all that fuzz about the ‘full’ in their advertisements for this interview, as it hardly contained any more information than the as preview announced interview last Sunday, 10.03.2013.
RichardArmitageNet.com has the full recording for you to listen in.
For our “Richard Armitage” page we updated the transcript of the interview and have it available here.
Transcript and audio-file of the interview version 10.03.2013 on BBC Radio Leicester (RichardArmitageNet.com)
Audio file for the interview version of 13.03.2013 (RichardAarmitageNet.com)
♛ Battle of the Cities ♛
The KingRichardArmitage website does not take sides in this battle of the cities for all the reasons stated here by Roswitha.
When we read that Leicester Cathedral tries to squeeze King Richard III into their cathedral, because they don’t find the space to adequately place a tomb, I’d rather they stepped back and let someone else handle the procedure.
Leicester Cathedral – Design Brief (published 13.03.2013)
As you can see from the following news-list, the topic about the burial place really got immediate and wide attention:
- The Daily Beast: York MP calls for calm over Richard III, by Tom Sykes (12.03.2013)
- The York Press: Crunch York-Leicester summit to be held over Richard III remains, by Mark Stead (12.03.2013)
- BBC News: Richard III: York Minster receives ‘abusive’ letters (12.03.2013)
- The Telegraph: Dean of York goes to the police over Richard III hate mail, b< Peter Dominiczak (12.03.2013) - "The Dean of York has been forced to contact cathedral police after receiving hate mail about the debate over where the remains of King Richard III should be buried.“
- BBC News: Richard III burial ‘should not be finders keepers’, by Kayte Rath (12.03.2013)
- Sky News: Richard III: Cathedral Plans Modest Memorial (13.03.2013)
- The Independent: Fit for a king? Royal row rumbles on over where Richard III should be laid to rest, by Tom Peck (13.03.2013) – “He was rescued from the council car park – and is now heading for a plain-looking tomb in Leicester Cathedral“
- The Telegraph: Cathedral criticised for being ‘out of touch’ over King Richard III’s resting place, by Nick Britten (13.03.2013) – With quotes from Philippa Langley about the surprising feedback about the tomb from Leicester Cathedral.
- The Huffington Post: Richard III To Be Buried In ‘Simple Dignity’ In Leicester Cathedral With No Grand Tomb (13.03.2013)
- The Guardian: Row over Richard III’s final burial site rumbles on, by Maev Kennedy (13.03.2013) – “Leicester Cathedral says remains should be reburied under floor but Richard III Society calls for elaborate limestone sarcophagus“
- Daily Mail: King Richard III to be re-interred in ‘a place of simple dignity’ in Leicester Cathedral, by Mark Prigg (13.03.2013)
- Livingston Daily: English towns clash over Richard III’s remains, by U.S.A. Today (13.03.2013)
- ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Yorkshire MPs defeated in new battle over king, by Leicester Mercury (13.03.2013)
What Fans do for Richard Armitage & King Richard III
♛ Spy- & Fan-Supply ♛
If the news does not flow in as expected, fans tend to fill in the blanks.
But this creation here bursts all descriptions and is a brilliant summing up of deep research about fandom, fan expectations, the actor Richard Armitage and a very accurate evaluation of the mechanisms and motives of the film industry.
So now, I don’t want to hold you back much longer and send you directly to this brilliant article by well known blogger Servetus from Me+Richard:
Part 1: Armitage nepotist
Part 2: Armitage nepotist: The afternoon transcript
Readers, be warned. Fan-technology is not up to it right now, but may be soon? ;o)
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Portraits of a King
♛ Portraits of a King ♛
by Fitzg
There are more than twenty portraits acknowledged to depict the last Plantagenet king of England.
These two are particularly of interest, as they are identified as mid- late sixteenth century copies of lost fifteenth century originals.
The dating of paintings is both science and art, incorporating history, details of costume, era, characteristics of brush strokes – and forensics, radio-carbon and dendrochronology dating. There is much in common with the identification of the Greyfriars, Leicester skeleton. In fact, it is tempting to surmise that the identification of bones is more exact than the identification of and dating of paint on canvas or wood panels. For one thing, DNA analysis doesn’t pertain to paint/wood/canvas. For another dendrochronolgy + radio-carbon dating are not necessarily exact.
Richard III – Broken Sword portrait (Source: Society of Antiquaries of London)
This has been dated to anywhere between 1518 and 1550. 1550 is favoured by some, as it was the time of publication of the “Sainted More’s” description of the hunchback with the withered arm. (Thomas More; 14 -15 , martyred by Henry (Tudor) VIII. More’s History of Richard III was influential in Shakespeare’s Richard III.) A broken sword can be interpreted as symbolic of failure; in a regal portrait, as symbolic of prematurely ended reign by violence, battle, deposition and usurpation. Note the narrow eyes, thin lips, deformed hand and somewhat clenched jaw. Obviously, not a trustworthy man….Richard III was an excellent target for Tudor propaganda reducing the usurped line of the Plantagenets to tyrants and debauches.
NPG 148; King Richard III by Unknown artist (Source: National Portrait Gallery)
This is my favourite portrait, as it was the inspiration for Josephine Tey’s detective in The Daughter of Time. As a result of Tey’s book, I was an ardent Ricardian for many years. Dendrochronology dates the work to c. 1590. Note the higher right shoulder suggesting some form of deformity in a portrait purportedly of the late Tudor era. (This format does not allow for graphically designing blood dripping from the highlighted name of Tudor….)
“There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face”.
Malcolm, act 1, scene IV MacBeth.
Perhaps not. Yet we will all react to immediate expressions in others as indications of their emotions in the moment. We will even designate a face in repose as “pleasant” or “shifty” or “mean”, or “benevolent” etc.
One of the contemporary (and considered to be most objective) descriptions of Richard III is that of “an itinerant knight from Silesia”. Niklas von Poppolau provided the following in his 1484 travel diary: “…a high-born prince, three fingers taller than I, but a bit slimmer and not as thickset as I am, and much more lightly-built; he has slender shoulders and thighs.” As with other contemporary descriptions, there is no reference to hunched back or withered arm.
Characters in The Daughter of Time react to the NPG portrait in sympathetic ways (to support the author’s thesis) to the question of the detective: what do you think of this face?
The Midget: “Liver.” A succinct nurse’s opinion.
The Surgeon: “Poliomyelitis.”
The Matron: “…the most desperately unhappy face that I have ever encountered…”
As to stature, the king was generally described as “small”. Professor Jo Appleby of the Leicester University team deduced from bone measurements that, without scoliosis, Richard III would have stood 5’8” (1.72m). The average male height today in North America is 5’8” – 5’10”. The degree of scoliosis reduced a man of good height to 1.61m. Definitely short with the spinal curvature.
As the king was continually described (as prince and king) as a great battle fighter, despite the slender build, also noted by Prof. Appleby, Richard III must have built up muscle, despite the pain of the pain of the disability. (A 15th century sword weighs between five and eight pounds. And both strength and balance must be adapted to the disability. Apparently, Usain Bolt also suffers from scoliosis.)
NPG 148; King Richard III by Unknown artist (Source: National Portrait Gallery) |
 Richard III; skull reconstruction: Caroline |
Note the high cheekbones, prominent chin and not dissimilar set of the eyes and brows in these depictions. The nose of the portrait Richard is longer, with a shorter upper lip.
Richard Armitage (Robin Hood s3) – (Source: RANet.com)
The actor is clearly not a clone of either the portrait or of the reconstructed face. However, there is sufficient resemblance in the high cheekbones, prominent nose and delicately formed mouth for a convincing performance of the king. And many hope for the successful backing and funding for such a production to become a reality.
The perpetrator of this article descended down several rabbit holes in the process. I was sidetracked by:
- Fingerprint authentication of masterpieces;
- Dendrochronology – tree-ring dating….
- Questions pertaining to the effects of scoliosis, and the little information so far detailed by the Leicester project scientists…. more please!
- Niklas von Poppolau, “itinerant knight” from Silesia; invited to the court of Richard III; who was this man??? How did a foreign mere knight scrounge such an invitation???
It was sometimes difficult to remember what I thought was the focus of the article….but it was useful background.
SOURCES and REFERENCES
- Richard III: His Appearance; Carolyn Hammond, Richard III Society
http://www.richardiii.net.2_4_0_iii_appearance.php - Good King Richard? Jeremy Potter, 1983, reprinted by the Richard III Society
http://www.r3.org/bookcase/moremyth/html - Richard III: a study in medical misrepresentation. Isabel Tulloch for the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Aug. 2009
http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/content/102/8/315.full - Wikipedia – for general fact- and date-checking.
- Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time; first published 1951 for some quotations.
This article was created by guest-blogger Fitzg !
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King Richard in Hobbit Fever?
Yesterday, November 28th 2012, the Premiere-event for “The Hobbit” by Sir Peter Jackson took place in Wellington, New Zealand.
But what can this have to do with King Richard III?
A lot, considering Mr. Armitage, the actor who plays the leading character Thorin Oakenshield in “The Hobbit” and the reason for the existence of this website, took part.
On the red carpet, Mr. Armitage was interviewed by many reporters, but the key question for us came from a fan in the crowd, who was following the red carpet event in Wellington.
Unfortunately, in the material broadcasted by TVNZ in the One News Hobbit Special, which was presented by Wendy Petrie, I can’t make out the question of the fan, though from the voice it is a woman. The reporter next to her unfortunately does not lend his microphone to her, but Mr. Armitage’s answer is recorded very well:
I would love to play King Richard. I may be a little bit too old and a little bit too tall, – but I played a dwarf.
TVNZ One News does not enable an embed code, so here comes the link to the full Hobbit Special, which takes about an hour (and has embedded advertisements).
The interview with Richard Armitage starts at about 23:30 and the quote is at 24:20.
Let’s loose no further time, let’s try to get him into the role of King Richard III by signing the petition !
Review of “R-3” by Dr. Ashdown-Hill
R-3
The new Centre Five Production on Richard III, by Caroline Devlin & Timothy Allsop
Dr. John Ashdown-Hill
On 10 October, via one of my publishers, I received an invitation to attend the opening night of R-3, a new play about Richard III, which the co-author, Caroline Devlin, told me was partly inspired by my book The Last Days of Richard III.
The venue – a rather grand Victorian gothic church at Chalk Farm – was quite a journey for me, and I arrived a little early. Sitting waiting for the play to start was, in its own way, significant. The church was dimly lit. Six tall candles were burning on the high altar, and the rood screen was wreathed in periodic puffs of smoke, which I saw as symbolic of Henry VII (whose emblem, after all, was a red dragon) still doing his best to obscure the truth about his predecessor.
The play was a one-man show, lasting about an hour. Tim Allsop, who played Richard, has taken the same role previously in Shakespeare’s dramatisation, and he had some of the same lines to say in this new play – though the meaning here was different.
Caroline and Tim’s play acknowledges the writings of Shakespeare, More, Vergil – and even Ashdown-Hill – accepting some and rejecting others (I will leave you to guess which are which). I didn’t agree with all the interpretations, but then part of the rationale of the new play is its thesis that there are now multiple ‘Richards’ and that it is sometimes hard to tell which (or whose) ‘Richard’ is the real one.
Personally I found the interpretation of Richard’s relationships with his mother and with Anne Neville moving. However I have never been able to accept the notion that Richard was a sickly child. Towards the end of the play I found myself moved, too, by Richard’s profound analysis of what it means to be a king.
The close of the play was sad. Even if Richard III’s body has now been dug up in Leicester, in one sense he is still deeply buried.
The play was enthusiastically received by the audience. If you should get the chance to see it I would strongly recommend doing so. Like me, you may not agree with everything in the new play, but it is certain to inspire both thoughts and feelings.
John Ashdown-Hill
Details and announcement of the play “R-3” in London
More information about Dr. Ashdown-Hill and his publications, which are crucial in the current search for King Richard III in Leicester.
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The Last Days of Richard III is a new and detailed exploration of Richard’s last 150 days, based on new evidence and explores the events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: More Info » |
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Eleanor Talbot, the woman who put Richard III on the throne. When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the ‘Princes in the Tower’). The crown therefore passed to Edward’s undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of More Info » |
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The first-ever biography about John Howard with new revelations as to why he became Richard III's main supporter. In 1455 John Howard was an untitled and relatively obscure Suffolk gentleman. Thirty years later, at the time of his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, he was Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Admiral More Info » |
Is Shakespeare Altering His View of “R-3” ?
Today:
♛ R-3 Play ♛
For a long time, Shakespeare’s “Richard III” has dominated the perception of King Richard III.
Now, with modern research, we have more details about the king and can get closer to the true story. Soon the results of the mtDNA research are expected, but what does this all mean about how we see the king?
A new play by Caroline Devlin, “R-3”, is about Shakespeare’s play, but heavily influenced by the research by historian Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who had a major influence on the research, location as well as on finding the reference person for the mtDNA comparison, Mr. Michael Ibsen.
The play asks the fundamental question about King Richard III:
Hunchback or Hero?
R-3
created by
Caroline Devlin and Timothy Allsop
(Centre Five Productions)
Running from
17 October – 3 November 2012
at St. Saviour’s Church, London
(Eton Road, NW3 4SQ,
2 min walk from Chalk Farm Tube)
Further information & reservation:
www.centrefiveproductions.co.uk
♛ Leicester News ♛
- “Richard III Leicester” is a new Facebook page with current updates and news about King Richard III by the City Council of Leicester, which is one of the participants, financiers and initiators of the archaeological research in Leicester.
- Richard III dig: Is there millions in Shakespeare’s villain? – Video report about the monetary aspect of finding a king under a carpark. – BBC News Leicester, 15.10.12
- Richard III archaeology team awarded honour for Leicester dig – Report about an award, Philippa Langley received from the Richard III Society for her wonderful work for King Richard III. (ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk, 15.10.12)
- Many say Richard for York – The battle for King Richard III has just begun, (Leicester Mercury, ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk, 12.10.2012)
- Possible Richard III discovery could hold success for economy of Hinckley and Bosworth – The Hinckley Times, Katy Hallam (11.10.12)
♛ Collective Reading ♛
Servetus has the leading questions to the chapters 6 – 10 of “The Sunne in Splendour” by Sharon Kay Penman and a poll for you:
Are you ready for the Richard III rumble? Week 2!
Servetus’ background information and new questions to chapter 11 – 15: Richard III / The Sunne in Splendour group read rumbles on! Week 3
Chapters 16 – 20 are on the reading list for this week and will be discussed next Sunday, October 21st, 2012.
Important Links for the read:
(Under development)
If you want to join in and still need a copy of the book, please consider to make your purchase via the link at RichardArmitageNet.com, where reference fees will go to the charities selected by Mr. Armitage. Thank you!
Amazon.co.uk – Amazon.com Print & Kindle edition
Reference fees gained through links at the KRA website also go to the RA-charities.
560th Birthday of King Richard III
Happy Birthday, King Richard III
It is hard to tell, but I hope he is very content with the results of the digging in Leicester and the news coverage he, as king of over 500 years ago, could reach in modern times.
We at KRA were really raking our brains what present we could give a king to his 560th birthday.
See what Servetus came up with at her blog Me + Richard Armitage:
Trendy birthday gifts for late medieval English kings
A present, we are sure would please King Richard III, is more information about his life and easy access to it, so we chose to start with two projects to easily enable access to details about his life:
The first project is related to the currently collective reading of “The Sunne in Splendour” by Sharon Kay Penman:
Figures – Index, which is expandable into a more general reference of persons connected and in some relation to King Richard III.
The other one is a time table about events about King Richard III’s life and related events:
Chronology
Please don’t judge too harshly right now, as both works are still at the beginning and work in progress.
Help is welcome at any time!
♛ Richard III – Conference ♛
As the Richard III Foundation especially hold their annual conference in October, because it is the birthday month of King Richard III, today is a very fitting occasion, to remind of their next annual meeting, where guests and non-memebers are very welcome as well.
They hold their annual conference in Market Bosworth on Saturday, 13th of October 2012.
The program is:
- Dr. John Alban “From Ashwellthorpe to Bosworth: a Yorkist Soldier”
- Dr. Craig Taylor “Chivalry and the Wars of the Roses”
- Steve Goodchild “The Arrival: The Role of Richard, Duke of Gloucester at Twekesbury”
- Mike Ingram “The Road to Bosworth”
- Mark Downing “Military Effigies in the Yorkist Age”
- Dr. David Hipshon “The Princes: Contemporary Assumptions”
- David Baldwin “The Character of Richard III”
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., the conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude at 5:00 p.m.
Symposium at Market of Bosworth about “King Richard III”
(Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth)
2012 Conference Registration Form (pdf-file)
The day before, on Friday 12th, there is opportunity to a battlefield walk, held and explained by Mike Ingram, who has excellent knowledge about the battle, the area and the historical details. His book, “Bosworth 1485” is a real treasure full of information, background knowledge and thought provoking details.
♛ KRA News ♛
Maria Grazia at her blog Fly High posted her review about the new book by Philippa Gregory “The Kingmaker’s Daughter”, the story of Anne Neville, the later wife of King Richard III.
Read about the female perspective on history and a completely new approach to tell the story of Anne Neville and Richard III.
♛ Leicester News ♛
- Richard III dig: Leicester City Council car park site to remain open – This is Leicestershire, 27.09.2012 – The trench where King Richard III is believed to have been found, remains open for further investigations!
- Greyfriars Project: protecting the archaeology – University of Leicester, 25.09.2012 – If you delayed your visit to Leicester to see the digging trenches some time later, your chance is gone for now. The trenches are being filled to preserve them for later excavations.
- Are the remains of King Richard III causing a stir? – Interviews and report about King Richard and Leicester, by Kev Mclean, correspondent for Deutsche Welle, 30.09.2012
One Week till KingRichardArmitage Week 2012
King Richard Armitage Week 2012
begins on 22nd of August 2012!
Preparations are continuing …
- The quiz questions are collected for daily installments during the KingRichardArmitage Week 2012 (Can be answered daily or in bulk till 3rd of September 2012, to be considered in the drawing)
- Prices and donations are assembled, to make your participation in the scavenger hunt worthwhile
- Heads are smoking by now, as there is only one week left to finish the participating articles.
We hope you will enjoy all contributions and will have a good chase for hints in the scavenger hunt. I have seen all the questions and I must say, they are excellent to determine this year’s King Richard Armitage Champion (short: KRA Champion).
The 22nd of August, 2012
is the anniversary of two major events, one of which is the commemoration of the Battle of Bosworth in the year 1485, where King Richard III died. The other one, I don’t need to explain to all Richard Armitage fans. And for all who still don’t know, you can have a look at our last year’s celebrations here and here (full article list).
Participants:
I am very proud to present, that we will have a guest post by the
Richard III Foundation, Inc. here on the KRA-blog.
They also generously donate a price for the scavenger hunt.
(More details will follow during the event week.)
Phylly3 (Phylly’s Faves)
Fabo Laktuko (White Rose: Sincere and Simple Thoughts)
Fitzg (here on the KingRichardArmitage website)
Gratiana Lovelace (Something About Love)
Maria Grazia (Fly High!)
Servetus (Me + Richard Armitage)
CDoart (CDoart)
Mark the date and join us in our celebrations and online-event on KingRichardArmitage.
All news and updates about the event will be posted here: King Richard Armitage Week 2012
Bosworth Battlefield Tour and New Research
For all around and in reachable distance to the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, there is to be a special presentation of a book with new research about the battle and
a special battlefield tour lead by the author,
Mike Ingram
coming Sunday, 24th of June, 2012.
The event includes a reduced entry fee for the museum in the morning, book signing opportunities at lunchtime and a battlefield tour at 2 p.m.
(Battlefield Tour fee for non-members of the Battlefields Trust £ 5.00, for members free.)
For all who can’t make it to Bosworth and the guided tour, don’t be disappointed. We hope to have more details for you here on the blog soon.
More information about events and coming celebrations around King Richard III at Bosworth are available at the website of the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre.
