The Princes in the Tower Quotes

“In the South of England northerners were regarded then as uncouth, brutish, undisciplined savages ...”
― Alison Weir, The Princes in the Tower

“Gloucester instructed the Bishop of London to sentence her to do public penance at St. Paul's, wearing only her kirtle and carrying a lighted taper, a sight that moved many men in the watching crowds to lustful thoughts...”
― Alison Weir, The Princes in the Tower

“...Richard III, after learning how the Princes' bodies had been disposed of, 'allowed not, as I have heard, the burying in so vile a corner, saying he would have them buried in a better place, because they were a king's sons. Lo! The honorable heart of a king, for he would recompense a detestable murder with a solemn obloquy!”
― Alison Weir, The Princes in the Tower

“...the King had several other conspirators executed, "even of his own household' ...When Parliament met in 1484 it passed so many Acts of Attainder that, says Croyland, "we do not read of the like being issued by the Triumvirate of Octavius, Antony and Lepidus.”
― Alison Weir, The Princes in the Tower

“... only one man could have been responsible for their deaths: Richard III.”
― Alison Weir, The Princes in the Tower