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John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck is without doubt the finest historical play written in the English Renaissance era by an author other than Shakespeare. This theatrical portrayal of the story of Perkin Warbeck, the Pretender to the throne of Henry VII, benefits from being pretty faithful to the true facts, which adds an additional layer of fascination to one’s reading.
Perkin Warbeck's personal history is fraught with many unreliable and varying statements. [3] Warbeck said that he was Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, who had disappeared mysteriously along with his brother Edward V after Richard, Duke of Gloucester, usurped the throne as King Richard III following the elder Edward's death in 1483.
C. Perkin Warbeck's Story So Far, Part I: Youth and Training. Peter Warbeck (1474-1499) was born in the Belgian city of Tournai to one John Osbeck, a controller of the city. In his youth, Warbeck spent time in Antwerp, Bergen-op-Zoom and Middleburg. In the late 1480's he lived in both Portugal and Breton in the service of a pair of knights.
Jan 17, 2011 · Sandra’s latest novel, Pale Rose of England: a novel of the Tudors, is a story of love and defiance during the Wars of the Roses. Here is a brief synopsis: It is 1497. The news of the survival of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, has thundered across Europe, setting royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocking the fledgling Tudor dynasty.
Aug 17, 2013 · The most successful; Perkin Warbeck, not only managed to convince a number of foreign monarchs of his supposed identity, but Henry VII’s agents were unable to disprove his claims. While, again, we cannot know the truth of this one way or the other, were the princes’ remains tested, it would be both fascinating and controversial if only one of the skeletons could be identified as a relative ...
Dec 2, 2012 · The young man, called by Henry VII’s spin doctors, “Perkin Warbeck”, has been surrounded by controversy ever since he first appeared on the world stage. He claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger son of Edward IV, and thus would have been the brother of Henry’s Queen Elizabeth.
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Perkin Warbeck. (play) Perkin Warbeck is a Caroline era history play by John Ford regarding pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck. It is generally ranked as one of Ford's three masterpieces, along with 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and The Broken Heart. T.
