“Comprehensive and insightful, THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER offers a unique perspective on a profound mystery.” Faye KellermanDespite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill the young princes, as is … as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely? Carefully examining every shred of contemporary evidence as well as the dozens of modern accounts, Weir reconstructs the entire chain of events leading to the double murder to arrive at a conclusion Sherlock Holmes himself could not dispute.
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Still the best book I’ve read on how Richard III was almost certainly responsible for the deaths of his nephews and seized the crown.
Alison Weir has a special way of presenting the facts, and of telling a story that captures the heart.
Shakespeare wrote about Richard III more than one hundred years after he died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Even then it was commonly believed that Richard III was the diabolical mind behind the deaths of two adolescent Plantagenet Princes. Imagine the shock and horror people experienced when the event was still fresh in their minds. It was …
Weir is one of the most biased historians writing today. All her biases are on display in this book.