ESSAY ON: Josephine Tey's "The Daughter Of Time" And Desmond Seward's "Richard Iii: England's Black Legend"

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This research paper: 8 pages in length. Richard III has enjoyed a long, illustrious reincarnation throughout the last several centuries; while some believe he was an unscrupulous power monger who brought nothing but fear and treachery to England, others contend that his legacy has been much maligned by faulty accounts and historical alterations. Josephine Tey is one such author whose treatment of Richard III is more than kind; with the help of her protagonist detective Alan Grant, Tey works literary magic in The Daughter of Time to illustrate her perception of a man whose character she defends. Desmond Seward, on the other hand, takes a more pragmatic approach to uncovering the truth of Richard's legacy in Richard III: England's Black Legend, contending that his murderous ways placed a significantly black mark upon this period of English history. Was Richard III good or evil, or perhaps a bit of both? This is what the reader is left to determine after reading the two completely diverse accounts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.


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