ISBN |
9781784700041 (paperback) |
Classification Number |
942.045 WEI |
Author |
Weir, Alison,1951- |
Title |
Richard III and the princes in the tower [BK] |
Physical Description |
illustrations, portraits ; |
Note |
Previously published as "The princes in the tower" by Vintage in 1992. |
This includes a new foreword by the author. The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. In this gripping book Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence - including that against the Princes' uncle, Richard III, whose body was recently discovered beneath a Leicester car park. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why and by whose order they died. It previously published as The Princes in the Tower. |
Edward, -- King of England -- V,1470-1483 |
Richard, -- Duke of York,1472-1483 |
Richard, -- King of England -- III,1452-1485 |
Subject |
Regicides -- England -- History |
Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485 |
Great Britain -- History -- Edward IV, 1461-1483 |
Additional Author |
Weir, Alison,1951- Princes in the tower. |