false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg 111221 7 "A SURPRISINGLY FRESH AND TREMENDOUSLY THOROUGH CONTRIBUTION to the debate...Weir's book is, no doubt, not the last on this subject, but it might be the best....[She] constructs a devastating case...[and] brilliantly illuminates the nature of late-medieval political power."<br>--The Boston Globe<br>Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain two of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill "the Princes in the Tower," as is commonly believed, or was the murderer someone else entirely? Carefully examining every shred of contemporary evidence as well as dozens of modern accounts, English historian Alison Weir reconstructs the entire chain of events leading to the double murder. We are witnesses to the rivalry, ambition, intrigue, and struggle for power that culminated in the imprisonment of the prince and the hushed-up murders that secured Richard's claim to the throne as Richard III. A masterpiece of historical research and a riveting story of conspiracy and deception, The Princes in the Tower at last provides a solution to this age-old puzzle.<br>"Weir takes on this delicious mystery with a fearsome vengeance. The result is a fascinating and completely credible account."<br>--Milwaukee Journal<br>"Did Richard III do in his nephews or didn't he? How much of the evil-uncle legend was later Tudor propaganda and how much was true?...This is exciting reading."<br>--The Denver Post<br>"A fascinating historical whodunit in which truth is more sordid than fiction."<br>--Kirkus Reviews<br>A MAIN SELECTION OF <br>THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB 1776239 1992 The Princes in the Tower total:613|5:127|4:236|3:208|2:31|1:11| 613 2276 1094 50 1101783 0370317920 9780370317922 12 1 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240769093m/1101783.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1101783.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 2 1 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:09:22 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 10:52:02 -0800 2009 1
Did their uncle, Richard III, have them killed? Was it Henry VII? Alison Weir's book is a thorough, well-research...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 0 false Thu Aug 20 14:22:44 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:17:27 -0700 2009
It is generally accepted that Richard ordered his nephews' deaths in order to sec...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 0 false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:10:32 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 21:40:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 2 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 28 10:21:24 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 10 14:22:20 -0700 2009
I agree with some of the other reviewers that Weir began the book with the assumption that Richard did indeed have his nephews killed. And I also agree that this lack of objectivity finds its way into her writi...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 1 false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 21:08:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 21:45:20 -0700 2008 The Sunne in Splendour. I'd browsed The Princes in the Tower in the bookstore before and knew that it came down on the side of Richard-as-murderer, so when I finished the Penman novel I went looking at the library for this one. Actually, the best chapter in this book, a...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 07:53:40 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 07:56:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Sep 05 08:46:51 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 14 09:25:30 -0800 2009
That said, it's an excellent overview of the historical scenario of the time--it's very readable, if a bit pulp...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Jun 11 08:25:06 -0700 2007 Fri May 23 07:11:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 0 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:36:30 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:43:34 -0700 2009
The princes were nephews of t...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 5 0 true Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:10:24 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:53:29 -0700 2009

Lancaster and York: Simplif...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 0 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 21 09:20:02 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 09:23:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 530728 0345383729 9780345383723 12 1 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240769416m/530728.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/530728.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 23 21:53:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 22:21:54 -0800 2009 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 1 false Fri Jan 30 11:28:10 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 15:13:17 -0800 2009 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:07:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 06:37:27 -0700 2009 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 3 0 false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 07:32:32 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 07:33:22 -0800 2009 ]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 0 false Mon Jun 22 16:03:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 16:04:34 -0700 2009 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 0 0 false Fri Feb 27 23:22:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 23:23:08 -0800 2009 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 12 20:48:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 20:49:35 -0800 2009 1 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 09:27:08 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 14:25:49 -0700 2008
Portions of it are a bit of a slog, because it is so well-researched, and no startling conclusions are drawn - and yet thi...more...]]> 111221 0345391780 9780345391780 576 48 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649111m/111221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111221.The_Princes_in_the_Tower 4 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:02:01 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:44:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111221