Matt Wansford as unreliable narrator? Or what really happened to the ‘Princes in the Tower’?
What really happened to the ‘Princes in the Tower’?
This has been my tag line for King in Waiting and Sons of York for some time, followed by ‘Does Matthew Wansford know the truth?’
But this morning on my dog walk I realized that today might be the ‘last call’ for Matt being the only person who knows ‘the truth’!
From tomorrow (or 8.01 pm GMT tonight if you catch Matthew Lewis’s podcast interview with Philippa Langley on Gone Medieval), it may be that the whole world knows!
Has Matt’s version of the truth been right all along? Or is he an ‘unreliable narrator’?
Has all my work on bringing his story to the page been a waste of time – or was someone really speaking to me across the centuries? (Or at least, has careful consideration of all the early sources and reaching various conclusions paid off?)
These questions may (or may not) be answered in this week’s long-awaited, cracking instalment of Richard III: The Ongoing Historical Saga….
And meanwhile, whatever is revealed, my heartfelt thanks go to Philippa and her colleagues for everything they’ve done over the years.
And the two-book version of King in Waiting (incorporating Sons of York too) is still available for pre-order (with paperback hopefully available on 21 November too):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMPHXQBY
or https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMPHXQBY
And of course all four books of The Order of the White Boar sequence are still available separately:
and the first two in a single volume: https://mybook.to/WhiteBoarBooks1-2
Alex Marchant is author of two books telling the story of the real King Richard III for children aged 10+, The Order of the White Boar and The King’s Man, and a third in the sequence, King in Waiting, which continues the adventures of the young members of the Order in the following years. A fourth book, Sons of York, was published in June 2022 and offers a ‘plausible theory’ for the fate of the ‘Princes in the Tower’.
Alex is also editor of Grant Me the Carving of My Name and Right Trusty and Well Beloved…, two anthologies of short fiction inspired by King Richard, sold in support of Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK).
Alex has also published a standalone timeslip novel for readers aged 10+, Time out of Time, relating the adventures of Allie Turner through a doorway into history found under layers of old wallpaper at ancient Priory Farm.
Alex’s books can be found on Amazon at: author.to/AlexMarchant
My Twitter handle and Matthew Wansford’s
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