.") ▁to ▁name ▁just ▁a ▁few . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁also ▁expl ores ▁and ▁past ich es ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁historical ▁writing . ▁In ▁his ▁research , ▁Grant ▁starts ▁with ▁children ' s ▁history ▁books , ▁then ▁moves ▁on ▁to ▁general ▁popular ▁histor ies ▁and ▁the ▁very ▁scholar ly ▁but ▁d ull ▁" T anner ' s ▁Constitution al ▁History ▁of ▁England ". ▁He ▁also ▁reads ▁Thomas ▁More ' s ▁History ▁of ▁King ▁Richard ▁III ▁and ▁a ▁historical ▁novel ▁called ▁The ▁Rose ▁of ▁R aby ▁by ▁" E v ely n ▁Pay ne - E ll is ", ▁about ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Richard ' s ▁mother ▁Cec ily ▁Ne ville . ▁ ▁Both ▁T anner ' s ▁history ▁and ▁the ▁novel ▁are ▁non - ex istent ; ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁Guy ▁P aget ' s ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁bi ography ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁Other ▁alleg ed ▁historical ▁myth s ▁touched ▁upon ▁by ▁the ▁author ▁are ▁the ▁commonly ▁believed ▁( but ▁false ) ▁story ▁that ▁troops ▁fired ▁on ▁the ▁public ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁Ton yp andy ▁Ri ot , ▁the ▁traditional ▁dep iction ▁of ▁the ▁Boston ▁Mass acre , ▁the ▁mart yr dom ▁of ▁Margaret ▁Wilson ▁and ▁the ▁life ▁and ▁death ▁of ▁Mary , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sc ots . ▁Grant ▁adopt s ▁the ▁term ▁" T on yp andy " ▁to ▁describe ▁widely ▁believed ▁historical ▁myth s , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁supposed ▁shoot ings ▁at