Title:
Survival of the princes in the tower : murder, mystery and myth / Matthew Lewis.
ISBN:
9781803990019
9780750989145
Personal Author:
Edition:
New and revised edition.
Publication Information:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, [2023]
Physical Description:
410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- To construct a murder -- Deconstructing the myth -- The black hole effect -- Colchester's secrets -- The first pretender -- A king in Dublin -- Richard of England -- A prince among kings -- A new believer -- The wrong place at the right time -- The secret princes -- To the victor, the history -- Notes.
Summary:
"The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in English or British history. Traditionally considered victims of a ruthless uncle, there are other suspects too often and too easily discounted. There may be no definitive answer, but by delving into the context of their disappearance and the characters of the suspects, Matthew Lewis will examine the motives and opportunities afresh as well as ask a crucial but often overlooked question: what if there was no murder? What if Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York, survived their uncle's reign and even that of their brother-in-law Henry VII? There are glimpses of their possible survival and compelling evidence to give weight to those theories which is considered alongside the possibility of their deaths to provide a rounded and complete assessment of the most fascinating mystery in history." -- Amazon.com
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OCLC Number:
on1423717934
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