The Princes in the TowerAlison Weir1992

The story of the deaths, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-King, Edward V, and his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences and so rich in drama, intrigues, treason, plots, counter-plots, judicial violence, scandal and infanticide that, for five centuries, it has been retold and reinterpreted by dozens of writers. Even today, the battle still rages between those who believe that the Princes were killed by their uncle, Richard III, and the revisionists, who put forward a number of theories about the disappearance of the Princes. Having studied the available material in depth, Alison Weir believes that the solution to the mystery can be found in the contemporary sources. In this thoughtful and compulsively readable book, she re-examines all the evidence and presents a convincing argument, demonstrating that - contrary to popular opinion in recent years - it is possible to reconstruct the whole chain of events leading up to the death of the Princes, and to show how, when, why and by whose order their died.