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The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir

escragg92's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.0

dqzh1579's review against another edition

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informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

jameskeates's review against another edition

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4.0

In the intro, Alison Weir describes coming to this controversial topic as a neutral, but once she'd reviewed the evidence and made up her mind decides that Richard is guilty. This book is definitely the case for the prosecution! (Not one for Ricardians).
On the whole though, well presented and interesting as you would expect from Weir, but perhaps for five stars it needed a more balanced work through how she balanced the evidence to reach her conclusion rather than just trying to prove her point.

lenny9987's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

crystalmbookshelf83's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.0

fractaltexan's review

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4.0

A well written account of the story of the Princes in the Tower. Weir starts out with the history of the Wars of the Roses, moves through the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII. Thus weaving a story that ends with the skeletons of the Princes being discovered.

Footnotes would help weave the evidence and the story together, however, as at times, it seems that Weir is making assumptions that I had a hard time following. Nonetheless, Weir provides a compelling argument.

Four Stars

karen_vandyne's review

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challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

laurapf's review

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informative slow-paced

5.0

unsolvedmysteries1's review

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challenging emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

rmclain1989's review

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informative slow-paced

4.0