Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the
sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother
Richard, Duke of York, remain two of the most fascinating murder
mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill “the
Princes in the Tower,” as is commonly believed, or was the murderer
someone else entirely? Carefully examining every shred of
contemporary evidence as well as dozens of modern accounts, Alison
Weir reconstructs the entire chain of events leading to the double
murder. We are witnesses to the rivalry, ambition, intrigue, and
struggle for power that culminated in the imprisonment of the
princes and the hushed-up murders that secured Richard’s claim to
the throne as Richard III. A masterpiece of historical research and
a riveting story of conspiracy and deception, The Princes in the
Tower at last provides a solution to this age-old puzzle.
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