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.
Richard III: The Man and the Myth
Chapter 1. Richard III and the Chroniclers
Chapter 2. The Sanctuary Child
Chapter 3. Richard of Gloucester
Chapter 4. Clarence and the Wydvilles
Chapter 5. ‘Deadly Feuds and Factions’
Chapter 6. ‘Those of the Queen’s Blood’
Chapter 7. ‘An Innocent Lamb in the Hands of Wolves’
Chapter 9. The Fall of Hastings
Chapter 10. ‘This Act of Usurpation’
Chapter 13. The Princes in the Tower
Chapter 16. An Especial Good Lord
Chapter 17. An Incestuous Passion
Chapter 20. Tyrell’s Confession
Chapter 21. The Skeletons in the Tower
Genealogical Table: Lancaster and York