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Joyce Raskin

Joyce Raskin

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I am a bass player for a band called Scarce, writer, and a painter.

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

Media Links

Providence Journal

🔗 http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-pop18_09-18-08_4VBJV30_v16.323457.html

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Twitter/Mary Morris

🔗 http://twitter.com/marymorris

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Wasted Ink Blog

🔗 http://wastedink78.livejournal.com/12773.html#cutid1

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The Guardian

🔗 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/17/popandrock

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Speed of Dark Blog

🔗 http://www.speedofdark-web.com/blog/2007/11/07/scarce-aching-to-be/

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Reviews

<div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"></span></div>&quot;This is an amazing book! As soon as it arrived in the post, I started reading and I couldn't put it down. <br /><br />I bought this as a fan of Scarce and learned a lot I didn't previously know about the band. That said, I don't think it's just for Scarce fans - I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in music biographies. <br /><br />If you're looking for the car-crash quality of a good rock 'n' roll biography, then this has it all (bar the all too predictable, premature death - although Chick's brain aneurysm comes pretty close). <br /><br />Overall, I think the book is really well written (although there were a couple of typos) and Joyce's account is honest and raw&quot;<br />Mandy Bang Bang, review on Amazon<br /><br />