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Lost Prince (Paperback)
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Lost Prince (Paperback)
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Loot Price R269
Discovery Miles 2 690
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On December 22, 1550 an old bricklayer named Richard Plantagenet
was buried at Eastwell in Kent. Unusually for a bricklayer, he had
been able to read Latin and, when pressed, he had claimed to be a
natural son of King Richard III and to have met him the day before
the Battle of Bosworth. Yet had he simply been Richard III's
bastard he would have been styled "of Gloucester" or given the name
of his birthplace. Richard III openly acknowledged and provided for
his other bastards. Why did he not do the same for Richard
Plantagenet? Most tellingly, where is the evidence that Prince
Richard actually died? In an original and intriguing scenario,
David Baldwin argues that while some elements of Richard
Plantagenet's story may be authentic, it is possible that he dared
not reveal his real identity: Richard, Duke of York, the rightful
king. David Baldwin has searched contemporary documents to unearth
the clues that underpin his theory and has visited all the places
associated with Richard Plantagenet. In doing so, he has opened up
an entirely new line of investigation and exonerated Richard III of
the greatest of the crimes imputed to him. Dead princes were a
potential embarrassment, but a living prince would have been a real
danger and a closely guarded secret, not only in Richard's reign
but in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
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