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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.
Lady Catherine Gordon. Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, would have been the rightful claimant to the throne, assuming that his elder ...
The only known facts are: Richard III was crowned in July 1483. In the white princess if is very heavily implied that perkin is Richard and that in executing him they bring down their own curse upon the Tudors regulating in the death of Arthur and (in her later books) Henry duke of Cornwall and Edward vi.
- The True Story
- Places Associated with Elizabeth of York
- A Day in The Life of Elizabeth of York
- Characters in The White Princess
- Elizabeth of York Podcast
- Reading List
Yet, often, the true story is equally dramatic. To find the facts behind the story of The White Princess, as dramatised by Starz and UK Drama, read our in-depth feature about the heroine, Elizabeth of York, here.
Elizabeth of York, like most mediaeval queens, moved frequently between royal homes, and even went on pilgrimage. Find out more about her travels and places associated with her here
One of the most popular Guest Articles on Tudor Times is from novelist Samantha Wilcoxson, who has also interpreted the life of Elizabeth in fiction. But to do that, she undertook detailed research into the queen’s everyday life, and described a typical day that Elizabeth might have lived. Read it here
One of the requirements of fiction is to keep the central cast of characters small. The White Princess concentrates on a core group of people, listed below. For a short summary of each, download our Who’s Who in The White Princess and The White Queen .pdf document – which also includes characters from the previous dramatization of Gregory’s works, ...
Listen to Melita Thomas, from Tudor Times and Heather Teysko from Renaissance England History Podcast discuss Elizabeth of York here
To find out more about the real White Princess, here is a reading list – there is a more detailed bibliography here. This reading list highlights current non-fiction and fiction. Biographies Licence, A. (2013). Elizabeth of York. 1st ed. Amberley Publishing: A good introduction. Loades, D. (2009). Tudor Queens of England.1st ed. New York: Continuum...
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.
Perkin Warbeck (born 1474?, Tournai, Flanders [now in Belgium]—died Nov. 23, 1499, London, Eng.) 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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The White Princess is a historical drama television miniseries developed for Starz. It is based on Philippa Gregory 's 2013 novel of the same name and, to a lesser extent, its 2014 sequel The King's Curse. It is a sequel to the 2013 miniseries The White Queen, which adapted three of Gregory's previous novels, and begins immediately where The ...
