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REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURING NEW DISCOVERIES
After ten years of research, The Missing Princes Project is now concluded and the results are in...
'Philippa Langley has done it again.' - The Times
'Langley ... understands how to excite people about the past — more so, perhaps, than most academics' - The New York Times
'Philippa Langley deserves huge credit for her discoveries.' - The Spectator
'a phenomenal untold story.' - History Hit (Book of the Month)
'a gripping and ingenious work of historical detection' - The Wall Street Journal
History re-written: how a 540-year-old mystery has been solved.
'The totality of evidence revealed is astonishing. Following the discovery of King Richard III's grave in a car park in Leicester in 2012, The Missing Princes Project will again rewrite the history books, redrawing what we know about Richard III and Henry VII and pressing the reset button of history.' - Philippa Langley
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.
Compelling in breadth and detail, this book asks its readers to re-examine what they thought they knew about one of our greatest historical mysteries. Perfect for fans of the period and the likes of Dan Jones, Philippa Gregory and Janina Ramirez.
Contents
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal
Preface
Family Trees
Maps
Introduction: The Inspiration
Part 1
1 The Missing Princes Project: A Cold-Case Investigation
2 The Missing Princes: Edward V and Richard, Duke of York
3 1483: Two Weeks, One Summer
4 The Disappearance: A Timeline
Part 2
5 The Sources: Missing, Murdered, Maintained
6 The Suspects: Means, Motive, Opportunity, Proclivity to Kill
7 Richard III: King by Right - The Evidence
8 Sir James Tyrell's Confession: Fact or Fiction?
Part 3
9 Windsor Coffins and a Westminster Urn
10 To Kill a King: The Aftermath of Bosworth
11 In Living Memory: The Mortimer Heirs - A Blueprint
Part 4
12 Edward V: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley
13 The Yorkist Invasion of 1487: Edward V and the Second Fleet by Zoë Maula, Dutch Research Group
14 Richard, Duke of York: Proof of Life by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Philippa Langley
15 The Journey of the White Rose to the Island of Texel, April-July 1495 by Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal and Jean Roefstra
Part 5
16 The Family of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York
17 Case Connections
18 Avenues for Exploration
19 Summary and Conclusion
20 Postscript
21 Epilogue
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
Timelines
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Acknowledgements
About the Author
