Since 1483 the dispute over Richard’s guilt or innocence has never abated. The accusations, which began during his own lifetime, continued through the Tudor period and beyond, remaining a source of heated debate to the present day. For much of this time it has been taken for granted that Richard murdered his nephews to clear his path to the throne, but there are other suspects. One is Henry VII, Richard’s successor, who is alleged to have discovered the princes in the Tower following his victory at Bosworth. Recognising them as the rightful heirs to the throne, he ordered their deaths. More recently another suspect has come forward: Henry, Duke of Buckingham, who was motivated by personal and dynastic ambition.
Yet the evidence that the princes were murdered at all is far from conclusive; could it be that one, or both of the princes survived? Now, in the wake of the discovery of Richard III’s remains in a car park at Leicester, it is time to revisit the question of what became of his nephews, the boys known to history as the Princes in the Tower. This study returns to the original sources, subjecting them to critical examination and presenting a ground-breaking new theory about what really happened and why.
- Huge
interest in Richard III at the moment with the discovery of his skeleton and
also with his historical rehabilitation
- Written by the author
of the most comprehensive biography of Richard ever undertaken, volume 1
published by Amberley, Richard, the Young
King To Be
- Author proposes a
completely new theory of what happened to the princes
- Praise for the
hardback: ’An excellent book’; The Anne
Boleyn Files; Accessible and engaging’ Huffington
Post; ‘A readable volume’ The Good
Book Guide
- Major promotion with
the 5000 members of the Richard III Society.
- Reviews in the
broadsheets and history press to include The
Guardian, Sunday Express, BBC History Magazine, Heritage Today: The Magazine for Members of
English Heritage, and History Today