A 540-year-old mystery has been solved. Compelling in breadth and detail, this book asks its readers to re-examine one of our greatest historical enigmas.
Revised and updated edition
In the summer of 1483, two brothers were seen playing in the grounds of the Tower of London, where they’d been lodged by the King’s Council – their uncle, the future Richard III, its chief member. From there the boys seem to vanish from the historical record, and so one of the greatest and most intriguing mysteries of British history was born. Over the centuries, historians have debated tirelessly about the fate of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York: did they die in the Tower? Did they escape? Were they murdered?
After astonishing success in locating and laying to rest Richard III, Philippa Langley turns her forensic focus onto this enduring case, teaming up with criminal investigative experts, historians, archivists and researchers from around the world in her groundbreaking The Missing Princes Project. Following ten years of extensive research, investigation and formidable dedication, this landmark study has finally reached completion, with stunning conclusions.
In The Princes in the Tower: How History’s Greatest Case Was Solved, join Langley as she records the painstaking investigative work undertaken and lays out the evidence to reveal the remarkable untold story. Here she is able, finally, to address any injustice and solve the mystery surrounding the Princes in the Tower once and for all.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Maps
- Foreword
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Family Trees
- Introduction: The Inspiration
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Photographs
- Appendix 1: King Richard’s Oath and Promise: Westminster, 1 March 1484 (Modernised)
- Appendix 2: Edward V: Proof of Life, 16 December 1487
- Appendix 3: An Ideal Place to Hide a Prince by John Dike, Lead Researcher, Coldridge Line of Investigation
- Appendix 4: The Dendermonde Letters, 25 August 1493
- Appendix 5: Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life, c. 1493
- Appendix 6: Richard of England: Dresden MS, Signature and Royal Seal, 4 October 1493
- Appendix 7: Trois Enseignes Naturelz, 27 November–12 December 1493 by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research Group
- Appendix 8: Maximilian I: Legal Supplication to Pope Alexander VI on Behalf of Richard, Duke of York, 22 September 1495 (Modernised)
- Appendix 9: Richard IV’s Proclamation, September 1496 (Modernised)
- Appendix 10: Maat, and Black & Hackman Reports: ‘Bones in the Urn’, 14 June 2018, 11 November 2021
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Timelines
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Image Descriptions
- Copyright
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