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Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds
and a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King
Richard III (1452-1485) in a Leicester car park. A king finally
laid to rest, the rediscovery and reburial of Richard III was
watched by an estimated global audience of over 366 million. Now,
Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research
initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project’. In the summer of
1483, Edward V (aged 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (aged
9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over 500 years,
history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their
uncle Richard III. Following years of intensive research in UK,
American and European archives, astonishing new archival
discoveries have been uncovered that changes what we know about the
fate of the Princes in the Tower. Established by Langley in 2016,
‘The Missing Princes Project’ employed the methods of a
cold-case police enquiry. Using investigative methodology, it aimed
to place this most enduring of mysteries under a forensic
microscope for the first time. In The Princes in the Tower: Solving
History's Greatest Cold Case, Langley records the painstaking
investigative work and research of the project. By questioning
received wisdom, she and her international team of researchers shed
light upon one of history's greatest miscarriages of justice,
revealing a phenomenal untold story.
Previously published as The King's Grave. NOW A MAJOR MOTION
PICTURE STARRING SALLY HAWKINS AND STEVE COOGAN. The official
inside story of the discovery of history's most controversial
monarch. On 22 August 1485, Richard III was killed at Bosworth
Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious
opponent, Henry Tudor, went on to found one of our most famous
ruling dynasties. Fifty years later, the king's grave was lost and
Richard III's reputation buried under a mound of Tudor propaganda.
Philippa Langley and Michael Jones trace the remarkable story of
the search for the lost king, leading to the incredible moment when
the 500-year-old mystery was solved by Philippa Langley as his
remains were uncovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The Lost
King is the astonishing true story of a woman who refused to be
ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians,
forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial
king's in England's history.
Now with a new chapter. The official inside story of the life,
death and remarkable discovery of history's most controversial
monarch. On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth
Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious
opponent, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII), went on to found one
of our most famous ruling dynasties. Richard's body was displayed
in undignified fashion for two days in nearby Leicester and then
hurriedly buried in the church of the Greyfriars. Fifty years
later, at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the
king's grave was lost - its contents believed to be emptied into
the river Soar and Richard III's reputation buried under a mound of
Tudor propaganda. Its culmination was Shakespeare's compelling
portrayal of a deformed and murderous villain, written over a
hundred years after Richard's death. Now - in an incredible find -
Richard III's remains have been uncovered beneath a car park in
Leicester. The King's Grave traces this remarkable journey. In
alternate chapters, Philippa Langley, whose years of research and
belief that she would find Richard in this exact spot inspired the
project, reveals the inside story of the search for the king's
grave, and historian Michael Jones tells of Richard's
fifteenth-century life and death. The result is a compelling
portrayal of one of our greatest archaeological discoveries,
allowing a complete re-evaluation of our most controversial monarch
- one that discards the distortions of later Tudor histories and
puts the man firmly back into the context of his times.
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