Richard III and The Princes in the Tower

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<p>Includes a new foreword by the author</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Previously published as<i>The Princes in the Tower</i></p>

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<b>Alison Weir</b>is one of Britains top-selling historians. She is the author of numerous works of history and historical fiction, specialising in the medieval and Tudor periods. Her bestselling history books include<i id=yui_3_16_0_1_1496747613956_6576>The Six Wives of Henry VIII</i>,<i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>,<i>Elizabeth of York</i>and, most recently,<i>The Lost Tudor Princess</i>. Her novels include<i>Innocent Traitor</i>,<i>Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen</i>and<i>Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession</i>. She is an Honorary Life Patron of Historic Royal Palaces. She is married with two adult children and lives and works in Surrey.

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