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Jan 17, 2011 · With the keen support of Scotland’s King James IV, Richard—known in England as Perkin Warbeck—has come to reclaim his rightful crown from Henry Tudor. Based on a prophecy given Catherine by a seer that she would be loved by a king, she has no doubt Richard will succeed in his quest.
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.
Interview with Patrick Gibson who plays "The Boy" (Perkin Warbeck) in The White Princess: http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/patrick-gibson-faces-of-2017#_
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 .
Perkin Warbeck was an impostor and pretender to the throne of the first Tudor king of England, Henry VII. Vain, foolish, and incompetent, he was used by Henry’s Yorkist enemies in England and on the European continent in an unsuccessful plot to threaten the new Tudor dynasty.
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Read the newest and most complete annotated version of John Ford's great 1634 historical drama, Perkin Warbeck, the incredible story of one of England's most fascinating Pretenders to the Throne.
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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.
