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    The Murders of Richard III: A Jacqueline Kirby Novel of Suspense

    By Elizabeth Peters

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    In a remote English manor house, modern admirersof the much-maligned King Richard III—one of Shakespeare's most extraordinary villains—are gathered for a grand weekend of dress-up and make-believe murder. But the fun ends when the masquerade turns more sinister . . . and deadly. Jacqueline Kirby, an American librarian on hand for the festivities, suddenly finds herself in the center of strange, dark doings . . . and racing to untangle a murderous puzzle before history repeats itself in exceptionally macabre ways.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061807084
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    The Murders of Richard III: A Jacqueline Kirby Novel of Suspense
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    Elizabeth Peters

    Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.

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    • 4/5
      Thomas Carter is a member of a group dedicated to Richard III, and he invites Jacqueline Kirby to accompany him on a weekend expedition to a friend's country home for their meeting, which will include the unveiling of a recently found letter that proves Richard innocent of the murders of his nephews in the Tower. Everyone has a part to play, from Richard himself down to the princes. Suddenly, the characters begin getting attacked, one at a time, in the order that they were ostensibly killed by Richard or his minions. Jacqueline takes it upon herself, as the outsider, to track down the culprit before it goes too far.A good mystery story with a fair dose of history. Thoroughly enjoyed.
    • 3/5
      Elizabeth Peters brings back librarian Jacqueline Kirby for an English manor mystery in this 1974 novel. Invited to a house party where all the participants are fanatic devotees of Richard III, Jacqueline finds herself in the midst of a bunch of eccentrics. However, someone is playing some nasty jokes and everyone is suspect. This is a fun read and full of Richard III trivia. The consensus of the devotees is that Richard did not kill the little princes and that he was not in fact hunch backed and that Thomas More wrote a very suspect biography of the king.
    • 4/5
      I find this book tremendous fun for several reasons. First, it features Peters' detective Jacqueline Kirby--She of the Purse. While she's perhaps not as brilliant a creation as her Amelia Peabody, I'm very fond of this not so mild-mannered librarian amateur detective.But then this book also caters to my interest in things Richard III, sending up "Ricardians" (defenders of the maligned king) with gentle affection. In that regard you can rather see this as a homage and sequel to Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time, also a contemporary mystery dealing with the two Princes in the Tower allegedly murdered by Richard the III of England. I'd read that book first, since I think it would be less fun afterward (since it deals with many of the same points) while this Peters' novel is all the more fun if you get the allusions.The book also pokes gentle fun at the mystery genre in general. As Jacqueline notes enthusiastically, it's all set at an "English house party...straight out of all those British detective stories" she revels in, and there are allusions to Ellery Queen and Agatha Christie within as well and lots of delightfully quirky characters--in medieval costume and roles no less with medieval banquets. So, even if I don't think this quite matches Joesphine Tey's The Daughter of Time or Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody The Crocodile on the Sandbank I'm awfully fond of this one nevertheless.

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    • 3/5
      It's not The Daughter of Time, but what is. The murders of Richard III mixed up in an English Country house party and with an American heroine. Pleasant read.
    • 1/5
      I love Elizabeth Peters but I couldn't even finish this one. By the end, I didn't even care who or if anyone was murdered.
    • 4/5
      Not bad, not wonderful. Excellent characterization - though her rundown of the traditional characters in an English Country House mystery is a bit of a lampshade. I'd read it before - I remembered there was something fishy about the guy and remembered what when his name was mentioned, but I'd forgotten the actual solution - both who and why. It was annoying when she got coy near the end - 'Oh, I can't tell you - what if I'm wrong?' Piffle. But that aside, nicely done. Thoroughly twisted motivation, and very clever misdirection in multiple directions. Not a favorite, but not bad, and I'll likely read it again. It's a little odd, since my knowledge of the question is basically having read The Daughter of Time - interesting hearing another take that doesn't lean on either More or Tey (while acknowledging both).
    • 4/5
      Ms. Kirby gets more and more interesting! There's a fair amount of historical interest in King Richard III - but not being a history buff I'm not sure how much is real or not. Nevertheless, it gave the novel interest and made the mystery suitably complex. Fun read.
    • 4/5
      While visiting England, American Jacqueline Kirby is invited by would-be suitor, Thomas, to a country weekend gathering of the Richard III society of which he is a member. The guests will take on the roles of various historical people from Richard III's era, and will wear period costumes for the weekend events. The highlight of the weekend will be the revelation of a recently discovered document purportedly proving Richard's innocence of the murders of his nephews, the princes in the Tower of London. When the guests begin to suffer accidents illustrative of the fates of their historical counterparts, the atmosphere becomes tense. Who among them is behind the attacks, and are the attacks building up to something more sinister?After meeting her fellow guests, Jacqueline remarks to Thomas that "It's an English house party, darling, straight out of all those British detective stories I revel in." The book does, indeed, seem to be a parody of the genre. It would be a perfect read for those times you want something light, were it not for having to keep track of the historical counterparts to the modern characters. A chart would have come in handy. Readers would enjoy the book more with some prior awareness of the Richard III controversy -- was he a villain or a saint? Be sure to read Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time before you read this one.