Me too, actually -- for me it's very recent, but I saw Richard III at the Globe (the one that's still running in fact, with Mark Rylance) and though I thought that particular production was kind of average, I was really fascinated by Lady Anne and what on earth could be going through her head during the seduction scene. And things have just escalated from there. :D (while the Nevilles are my favourites, everyone in this period is so interesting!)
Don't worry about reading silly things -- I've read Philippa Gregory as a result of being obsessed with this period, which probably beats all. *g* (The White Queen, as I can't quite bring myself to read The Kingmaker's Daughter. I'm sure I will eventually, but it looks pretty dreadful!)
And right now I'm reading Virgin Widow by Anne O'Brien, which is definitely silly - it's very much on the fluffy side of things - but I appreciate that she's really thought about what Anne's family would be like and how they would affect her, instead of resorting to the usual lazy characterisations.
What I really want, though, is a novel about the Earl of Warwick, who from nowhere has suddenly become my favourite in all of this. :D Sadly no-one seems to want to write it!
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Date: 2012-09-09 02:11 pm (UTC)Don't worry about reading silly things -- I've read Philippa Gregory as a result of being obsessed with this period, which probably beats all. *g* (The White Queen, as I can't quite bring myself to read The Kingmaker's Daughter. I'm sure I will eventually, but it looks pretty dreadful!)
And right now I'm reading Virgin Widow by Anne O'Brien, which is definitely silly - it's very much on the fluffy side of things - but I appreciate that she's really thought about what Anne's family would be like and how they would affect her, instead of resorting to the usual lazy characterisations.
What I really want, though, is a novel about the Earl of Warwick, who from nowhere has suddenly become my favourite in all of this. :D Sadly no-one seems to want to write it!