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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 ...
Alma mater. University of Oxford. Occupation (s) Author and columnist. Employer. The Economist. Notable work. Orpheus: The Song of Life (2011); Six Facets of Light (2016) Ann Wroe FRSL is an English author and columnist who has been the obituaries editor of The Economist since 2003. [1][2]
Jan 17, 2011 · Uncovering the Mystery of Perkin Warbeck. In 1492, the news of the survival of the younger prince in the Tower thundered across Europe, setting royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocking the fledgling Tudor dynasty. Who was this mysterious young man the Tudors nicknamed “Perkin Warbeck” who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, younger ...
Henry's spies nipped one planned invasion in the bud, executing the hundred or so brave souls who landed at Deal in 1495, but worse was to come. Perkin, "Prince Richard", sailed away first to ...
The Yorkist Pretender known as ‘Perkin Warbeck’ was the most dangerous threat Henry VII ever faced. He was dangerous for three reasons: first, the breadth and depth of his foreign support; second, the persistence of his campaign, which was not thoroughly suppressed until, after eight years, he was executed; and third, the fact that Henry ...
Jun 7, 2019 · This is Episode 124, a History’s Mystery on Perkin Warbeck. So now, to Perkin Warbeck. I remember reading Alison Weir’s book on the Princes in the Tower way back around 1997, and over the years my understanding has deepend each time I read something new about them. Then, when I did the series on Tudor Rebellions a few years ago, I got ...
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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance is an 1830 historical novel by Mary Shelley about the life of Perkin Warbeck. 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 ...
