Dickon (novel)

The book follows the life of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England. ==Literary significance and criticism==

Dickon is one of several fictional treatments of the last Plantagenet king wherein the author argued for his innocence in the murder of his nephews and presented him as a good man and potentially a very good king. Other authors and historians who wrote defenses - both fictional and historical - of Richard included Horace Walpole, Josephine Tey, Tyler-Whittle and Thomas Costain. The book received good reviews at its time of publication, but is not as well known as some of Bowen's other works. ==Works with similar themes==

• Valerie Anand, another popular writer, wrote a novel, Crown of Roses (1989), in which Richard III is presented as innocent of the murder of the Princes. • Michael Tyler-Whittle wrote Richard III, The Last Plantagenet (1970), which also presents Richard as innocent of the Princes' murder, although Tyler-Whittle makes one of his attendants guilty. • Mystery author Elizabeth George wrote the short story collection around the theme in I, Richard. • Mystery author Barbara Mertz, writing as Elizabeth Peters, wrote the murder mystery The Murders of Richard III, set amongst the members of a modern Ricardian society. • Sharon Kay Penman, her award winning novel "The Sunne in Splendour"., in which one of Richard's stooges, the Duke of Buckingham, is presented as the murderer of the princes rather than Richard. • Thomas Costain wrote a narrative historical series in the 1950s and 1960s about the Plantagenets. The volume that included the short reign of Richard was entitled The Last Plantagenets. ==References==