PRINCES IN THE TOWER by Jenkins, Elizabeth ISBN 184212515X
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In 1674 the skeletons of two children, aged 12 and 10, where discovered in a wooden chest at the bottom of a staircase in the Tower of London. This is the story of the two princes who were imprisoned and died at the hands of their ruthless and wicked uncle, Richard III.
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 thorough-paced criminal, 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 administrator. Paying scrupulous attention to the period (always a feature of her books) Elizabeth 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 wide-spread unpopularity of his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville. In 1674 Charles II gave orders that workmen at th e Tower of London should clear the White Tower of 'all contiguous buildings'. When they demolished the external staircase they found, under the bottom stair, at a depth of ten feet, a wooden chest. In it were the skeletons of two children, aged 12 and 10.
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PRINCES IN THE TOWER
[edit] Author
Jenkins, Elizabeth
[edit] ISBN
184212515X
[edit] Published
14/03/2002
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Phoenix Press, WC2
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paperback (C format)
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9.99 (GBP)
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