Foyles Bookshop in London recently hosted an event called the ‘Battle of the Monarchs’.  Contestants were Edward I, Elizabeth I, James I and Richard III.  The aim was to decide who was England’s greatest monarch.   The big surprise was that Richard was presented by Alison Weir, who – on the basis of her printed work – nobody would have suspected of too strong pro-Ricardian feelings.

As unfortunately nobody from our branch could be in London for this exciting event, we contacted Foyles asking them to let us know how it went.  Today we received an answer .  It seems Edward I was victorious on this occasion, but apparently it was a very close run thing.   However, we were all very excited to see that Richard made the shortlist in the first place.   Clearly,  if they had asked us, the result would have been completely different!

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