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I think they were murdered but not by Richard III....

2010-03-11T20:16:25.462-06:00

I think they were murdered but not by Richard III. Thanks for the giveaway!

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It sounds like a really interesting book, great re...

2010-03-11T15:46:43.814-06:00

It sounds like a really interesting book, great review! I am more or less familiar with the Tudors, but I have read mostly about Henri VIII and his wives. I would love to read more about Elizabeth, so I will keep this one in mind.

I honestly think that the two princes are murdered...

2010-03-11T09:38:00.705-06:00

I honestly think that the two princes are murdered. After all, there were two skeletons that were found in the tower a few decades [or centuries?] after they were missing!

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As much as I'm inclined to believe that Richard II...

2010-03-10T22:59:26.304-06:00

As much as I'm inclined to believe that Richard III killed the princes, the optimistic, wishful-thinking side of myself likes to think that they were allowed to live and that they led quiet, happy lives as virtual unknowns. However, the cutthroat times that they were back then points to the princes probably being eliminated.

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I think Richard had them strangled and buried insi...

2010-03-10T22:01:24.541-06:00

I think Richard had them strangled and buried inside the tower.
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I really enjoyed What the Dead Know by Laura Lippm...

2010-03-10T19:16:10.938-06:00

I really enjoyed What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman.

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I don't think it was Richard or Henry VII. I belie...

2010-03-10T17:20:09.703-06:00

I don't think it was Richard or Henry VII. I believe it was the Duke of Buckingham who wanted them out of the way and then he would go after Richard and get the crown himself, never expecting Henry to win at Bosworth. He was sly one and very power hungry. He had motive and access and a lot of friends who owed him plenty. He may not have done it personally but he arranged it. Food for thought.

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2010-03-10T13:24:58.151-06:00

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2010-03-10T13:23:01.569-06:00

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2010-03-10T13:22:49.610-06:00

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2010-03-10T13:21:16.459-06:00

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I think they must have been murdered. My villain o...

2010-03-10T08:00:24.192-06:00

I think they must have been murdered. My villain of choice is Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII's mother.
Ambition and power and great motivators for anyone, but ambition of power for ones child is the strongest motivator of all.
I do often wonder, though, if perhaps only Edward was killed and Richard escaped - I love the story of the Perkin Warbeck rebellion.
I can't wait to read Susan's take on the mystery!

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Unfortunately, I think they were most likely murde...

2010-03-10T00:22:20.633-06:00

Unfortunately, I think they were most likely murdered. If you look at the history of England and Scotland, the English royalty had a bad habit of dispatching those who were in their way. Age and how closely you were related didn't seem to make much of a difference to them.

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2010-03-09T21:32:36.255-06:00

Cemetary Dance was fantastic

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I don't have too much experience on this topic but...

2010-03-09T17:30:46.316-06:00

I don't have too much experience on this topic but I wouldn't put it past King Richard. I feel that King John killed his nephew Arthur - mostly because he never produced him when asked to. This situation feels very similar here too (king, nephews, asked to produce them, never seen again). I wouldn't put anything past a king, even if they were his own family. But like I said, I don't have a lot of knowledge about this period to make any solid accusations.

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I just can't believe that Richard did it. After al...

2010-03-09T14:20:31.167-06:00

I just can't believe that Richard did it. After all of the accomplishments he had under his brother's reign, I have to believe he was smarter than that. If he had done it, he would have made sure nobody ever found out about it. I personally like the Buckingham theory, although I put nothing past Henry VII.

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Oh, and Richard was "unofficially" cleared of all ...

2010-03-09T14:11:26.011-06:00

Oh, and Richard was "unofficially" cleared of all charges in a mock trial by the Supreme Court in 1997. It was in connection with the Indiana University Law School. I actually didn't know anything about the mock trial until about a month ago, so this may be old news to everyone else. I just thought it was interesting that a mystery like this would lead to 3 Supreme Court justices doing a mock trial in the 20th century.

I highly doubt that Richard had his nephews killed...

2010-03-09T14:07:50.246-06:00

I highly doubt that Richard had his nephews killed. It just doesn't make sense that he would kill off the two children that would continue his families reign in England. It makes much more sense that Henry VII had them killed to cement his place on the throne and ensure that his offspring would rule instead of Edward IV's.

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I agree with Muse in Fog that the winners do write...

2010-03-09T12:48:36.621-06:00

I agree with Muse in Fog that the winners do write the history but there is nothing definitive about the fate of the two princes so I think that Richard did have them quietly eliminated.

Power was such a strong motivator during that time in history and I think it made more people drunk with it; it was also a violent time and throughout history to that point the easiest way to deal with a threat to power was to kill that threat.

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No need to enter me in the giveaway as I already h...

2010-03-09T10:47:45.018-06:00

No need to enter me in the giveaway as I already have an ARC.

After having done a lot of research on this topic, I believe Richard is innocent of the charges against him. I believe that Richard was slandered by Tudor propaganda; it is the winners who write the history books (at least they did back then).

I have not heard of these books so I will really b...

2010-03-09T10:35:42.644-06:00

I have not heard of these books so I will really be looking forward to your reviews :)

I have heard so many good things about this, I rea...

2010-03-09T10:34:19.295-06:00

I have heard so many good things about this, I really need to go get myself a copy! Great review Marie :)

I think that she let down her hair, so that a knig...

2010-03-09T10:26:10.136-06:00

I think that she let down her hair, so that a knight on white horse, could climb up and rescue her. He brought her a glass slipper that fit perfectly, and they lived happily ever after in a cottage by a swamp.

Or maybe that was what happened in another story:-)

Thanks for another great post & giveaway.

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Thanks for the responses thus far! I love this top...

2010-03-09T10:25:45.645-06:00

Thanks for the responses thus far! I love this topic very much.

My uneducated guess is that Richard had his henchmen suffocate the princes. I understand that some don't believe that he did because (one argument) he would have paraded the dead bodies so that further uprisings in the name of the boy's rights would not be possible.

I think since the boys were indeed his nephews, he would have been seen as a monster obviously, and that he did not want anyone to think he did it.

I think the princes were killed by Henry VII, who ...

2010-03-09T09:57:57.647-06:00

I think the princes were killed by Henry VII, who then had the history written that placed the blame on Richard.

I've read Ms Higginbotham's two previous novels and I'm anxious to read this one, even 'tho I don't care for the Woodvilles.

Thanks for the giveaway.