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This novel is among my all time favorites. It was first published in the early 70's and was a best seller! It was out of print for many years, which irritated me to no end, so I was overjoyed when finding this on Amazon. The novel tells the story of Richard III through the eyes of three people. I will not go into details, other than to say it is NOT the usual Shakespearean treatment, and if you read this you will learn a great deal about the man that history has ignored in favor of Tudor era propoganda. But the problem is that the original 1970's printing contained around four hundred pages - this edition one STOPS half way through the book! There is a notation on the last page that the reader needs to go out and purchase "Book II" of the saga, which was originally part of the earlier novel! Since the entire work isn't THAT long, I feel this is an attempt to drag more money out of the reading public and I find it annoying!!! So be careful when purchasing this; if it says "Book I: The Flowering of The Rose" the novel is not complete and you will have to hunt around for Book II (which I have not been able to purchase as yet)! I did find an older "complete" version which I purchased last Christmas for a friend. If you shop around, I am sure you can get the full story. Otherwise, this is truly a remarkable book and a well written work about an otherwise overlooked part of English history.


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We Speak No Treason I The Flowering of the Rose We Speak No Treason S Rosemary Hawley Jarman 9780752439419 Books Reviews

Long and boring, jumps all over the place. Too many flowery describing words. Not worth the time and effort to read.
This BRITISH AUTHOR must be added to the list of Historical novelists to be followed. There isn't much to be be verified on these novels as to all of the actions, but as someone who likes Richard III these are something to be read in a sitting.

Verified Review as purchased the paper back novel.
This was originally printed as a single book. See my review for We Speak No Treason II. Same comments apply here! Great read.
You well all so like this book. There are 3 books all together. Love them all. Like i said my name is Fran not Jeff.
Excellent read...I felt like I was there with the Nut Brown Maid...fell in love with Richard Plantagenet all over again
This is, for lack of a better description, apologist fiction for Richard III. It sounds very strange indeed, but apparently this is a popular genre of historical fiction.

The writing is superb, with a medieval flair but not incomprehensible. It's obvious a lot of research was done. The story (this is the first book of 2) is told by two narrators The Maiden, and the Fool. There are certainly parts that do seem....a little overromanticized as to Richard's intentions and reactions, but so far (so far!) she hasn't strayed too far from generally accepted historical accuracy.

Who the historical characters are is hard to grasp at first; I eventually had to (God forgive me) wikipedia some of them to figure who was who and related to whom, etc. But once I understand the relationships between them, the story flowed smoothly, and kept me completely unable to put the book down for two days. Considering I had a final the day after I finished this book, that's saying a lot.

I'm looking forward to reading the second half of this series; we'll see if it sticks relatively close to historical accuracy of she goes off half-cocked about the Princes in the Tower.
I seldom give a novel a five star but this one deserved it. The characters speak in the vernacular of the time. Look up words like hinny, lickerish.
Of course Richard's first paramour has titian hair and Anne is presented as 'weak, pale, gray eyed, but lovesome.' Actually her little coronation sketch shows the lady with red hair, also another when she was about twenty shows a hint of auburn hair. Oval face, high broad forehead, big eyes. She sickened suddenly. We have no evidence she was weak and sickly. Novelists do this to put their main character to the fore.
The characters are compelling, taken from the fringes of Richard's life. The Maiden, the Fool and the Archer.
This novel is among my all time favorites. It was first published in the early 70's and was a best seller! It was out of print for many years, which irritated me to no end, so I was overjoyed when finding this on . The novel tells the story of Richard III through the eyes of three people. I will not go into details, other than to say it is NOT the usual Shakespearean treatment, and if you read this you will learn a great deal about the man that history has ignored in favor of Tudor era propoganda. But the problem is that the original 1970's printing contained around four hundred pages - this edition one STOPS half way through the book! There is a notation on the last page that the reader needs to go out and purchase "Book II" of the saga, which was originally part of the earlier novel! Since the entire work isn't THAT long, I feel this is an attempt to drag more money out of the reading public and I find it annoying!!! So be careful when purchasing this; if it says "Book I The Flowering of The Rose" the novel is not complete and you will have to hunt around for Book II (which I have not been able to purchase as yet)! I did find an older "complete" version which I purchased last Christmas for a friend. If you shop around, I am sure you can get the full story. Otherwise, this is truly a remarkable book and a well written work about an otherwise overlooked part of English history.