Dimensions
138 x 215 x 20mm
The story of the two princes who were imprisoned by their ruthless and wicked uncle Richard III, from the author of the bestselling 'Elizabeth The Great'.
The spectacle of the cruel, hunchbacked king, Richard III, ending once and for all the menacing existence of his brother's two sons by committing an abhorrent crime is one of the most fearful and enduring moments in English history.
Elizabeth Jenkins does not pretend that Richard was innocent of the murder of the two young princes but she presents the crime more as a serious blunder than the action of a committed murderer, and thus all the more alarming. She gives due credit to Richard for his capacity for kingship and his excellent record as a soldier and an administrator.
Paying scrupulous attention to the period, Jenkins assesses the influence of the savage struggle of York and Lancaster for the crown, the fatal breach in the family bond caused by Edward IV's execution of his brother, the Duke of Clarence, and the widespread unpopularity of his queen, Elizabeth Woodville.
In 1674 Charles II gave orders that workmen at the Tower of London should clear the White Tower of "all contiguous buildings". While demolishing an external staircase, a buried chest was found: in it were the skeletons of two children, aged 12 and 10.
