Hoax letter writers

Henry Root

Henry Root is the creation of writer William Donaldson who wrote to numerous public figures with unusual or outlandish questions and requests.

The books were published as Letters and Further Letters by Henry Root and a more recent The Complete Henry Root Letters by William Donaldson.

Henry Raddick

There is a lexilink between Henry Root and Henry Raddick (Raddick is an anglification of Radix, meaning root) who writes 'unusual' reviews (bordering on crank/prank territory). Nevertheless, speculation has been rife as to who Henry Raddick is. Besides Donaldson, suspects include Charles, Prince of Wales. This has been denied by royal staff.

The same person is also the author of various fake reviews puporting to be by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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