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Warbeck's story subsequently attracted writers, most notably the dramatist John Ford, who dramatized the story in his play Perkin Warbeck, first performed in the 1630s. Friedrich Schiller wrote a plan and a few scenes for a play about Warbeck; he never finished the play because he gave priority to other works, such as Maria Stuart and Wilhelm Tell .
Jan 17, 2011 · I am not alone in accepting that “Perkin Warbeck” was really who he claimed to be. In 1830, the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, reached the same conclusion. She wrote a novel based on his youthful adventures hiding from Henry VII’s spies. The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck ends with Richard landing in England
The book takes a Yorkist point of view and proceeds from the conceit that Perkin Warbeck died in childhood and the supposed impostor was indeed Richard of Shrewsbury. Henry VII of England is repeatedly described as a "fiend" who hates Elizabeth of York , his wife and Richard's sister, and the future Henry VIII , mentioned only twice in the novel, is a vile youth who abuses dogs.
The young man whom Henry VII labelled as Perkin Warbeck, the errant son of a Flemish boatman, was a far greater threat when he stepped out of a ship on to the quayside in Cork in 1491 – slim ...
Nov 13, 2022 · DigiCat, Nov 13, 2022 - Fiction - 523 pages. Mary Shelley's novel, 'The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck,' is a historical fiction masterpiece that delves into the intricacies of identity, power, and ambition during the tumultuous era of the Tudor monarchy. Written in Shelley's signature eloquent and vivid prose, the book offers a compelling ...
Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist, and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades.She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis.
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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 .
