book of the day

Book of the day today is from one of my favorite writers of history. I picked this book by her because I loved the different spin on Richard III's character as opposed to Shakespeare's. Also I am not big into love stories but the love story between Richard and Anne is believable and endearing. My book of the day is The Sunne and Splendor by Sharon Kay Penman.



In this stirring historical novel, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III from his villainous role in history as the hulking, evil hunchback. This dazzling recreation of his life is filled with the sights and sounds of battle, and the passions of the highborn. Most of all, it brings to life a gifted man whose greatest sin was that he held principles too firmly for the times in which he lived, and loved too deeply to survive love's loss.