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Thus reads Wikipedia:

In Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III (1768), Walpole defended Richard III against the common belief that he murdered the Princes in the Tower. In this he has been followed by other writers, such as Josephine Tey and Valerie Anand. This work, according to Emile Legouis, shows that Walpole was "capable of critical initiative".

A while ago, I actually read the book in question and it seemed like an impressive piece of research. However, I haven't been able to find serious scholarly engagement with Walpole's work. Could it be that no professional historians noticed his well-known book for ~250 years? Or am I not looking at the right place? (I tried Google Scholar.)

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Are you looking for scholarly criticism of Walpole? Or opinions of Richard III? Or for reasons why Walpole is ignored? – Mark C. Wallace Feb 21 at 19:45
@MarkC.Wallace: the first and the third options, I think. – Felix Goldberg Feb 21 at 21:48
The third, "Could it be that no professional historians noticed [Walpole's] well-known book for ~250 years?" is puzzling. Josephine Tey notes Walpole in her The Daughter of Time, a book which was much discussed in the 1950's (although perhaps not by professional historians). – Joseph Quinsey Feb 22 at 3:41

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