[MR] Latest Salvos in Richard III Story

[J. C. Smith]

Just heard the reading -- that's pretty amazing!
 
Barcsi Janos

JEFFREY C. SMITH 
 
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." --George Mason, Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788




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> From: "Groff, Garth (ggg9y)" <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
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>Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 1:03 PM
>Subject: [MR] Latest Salvos in Richard III Story
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>Noble Friends,
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>BBC is reporting that Plantagenet descendants want Richard III buried in York. They claim it is "a matter of justice": http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21383950 .
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>Meanwhile a linguistic scholar has used clues in two of Richard's surviving letters to decide he spoke with a West Midlands accent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21369077 . Now he can make this claim is beyond me, but it is interesting that the scholar, Dr. Philip Shaw teaches at the University of Leicester. The story includes an audio clip.
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>So stay tuned. There's surely more to come.
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>Yours Aye,
>
>Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
>Read "The Tale of Mungo Napier":
>http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html
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