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royal blood: king richard III and the mystery of the princes - Rated
Enjoyed a different way of writing about this age old mystery. Felt that it was an honest an un-biased opinion.

Excellent, fair and superbly researched - Rated
Wow - what a superb read! Demonstrating painstaking research, Mr Fields does a wonderful job of objectively presenting the facts as well as providing an excellent 'guide to sources' which puts the various contributors like More, Vergil etc into proper context. The narrative is straightforward and entertaining without being too simplistic and although he does assume some prior knowledge of the subject, he very skilfully supplies all the salient detail without waffling. A balanced, thought-provoking and fascinating addition to the debate about Richard III's guilt or otherwise regarding the Princes. If you have an interest in this area, this is a must-read book.

An excellent summary of the case for and against - Rated
I was dubious about buying a book by 'the top entertainment lawyer in the US', but I'm glad I did. Whether you come to this book believing in Richard III's guilt or innocence, it is indisputably one of the most thorough examinations of all of the evidence currently available. The author only expresses a definite opinion when a piece of 'evidence' is demonstrably false; more often, he gives the alternative deductions from known facts that could be made for the defence and for the prosecution, and admits that either is possible, but usually gives a weighting to one or the other based on common sense or probability. The entire book reads like the summing up of a trial by a meticulous judge, and that's its value; not in bringing out new evidence but clearly assessing the evidence we have. The What If chapter at the end is entertaining but rather screwy, and demonstrates only the endearing trait among Americans of believing that the world could be made perfect ' if only ...'!

It is history, not fiction - Rated
This book is exactly what I was looking for: Easy to read, a page turnover and a history book. There is not fiction there, just facts. For years I have been deeply interested in English history and you can find so many fictional books around there that provides you information you do not know if it is really true or false. This book just give you facts.
I wish I could came across more books like this one.

Fabulous Book - Shame on you Alison Weir - Rated
At last a balanced account of the mystery of the Princes in the Tower that treats Richard III as a person and not Shakespeare's archetype. Alison Weir would do well to read this after her quite shocking distortion of the facts in her 'Princes in the Tower'. Shame on you Miss Weir to have stooped so low as to alter the facts in order to make them fit your hypothosis. Well done Mr Fields - a triumph!