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Princes in the Tower: How History's Greatest Cold Case Was Solved New edition [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, 16 Plates, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2025
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1803999551
  • ISBN-13: 9781803999555
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, 16 Plates, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2025
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1803999551
  • ISBN-13: 9781803999555
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REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURING NEW DISCOVERIES

After ten years of research, The Missing Princes Project is now concluded and the results are in

'Philippa Langley has done it again.' - The Times

Langley ... understands how to excite people about the past more so, perhaps, than most academics - The New York Times

Philippa Langley deserves huge credit for her discoveries. - The Spectator

a phenomenal untold story. - History Hit (Book of the Month)

a gripping and ingenious work of historical detection - The Wall Street Journal

History re-written: how a 540-year-old mystery has been solved.

The totality of evidence revealed is astonishing. Following the discovery of King Richard IIIs grave in a car park in Leicester in 2012, The Missing Princes Project will again rewrite the history books, redrawing what we know about Richard III and Henry VII and pressing the reset button of history. - Philippa Langley

In the summer of 1483, two brothers were seen playing in the grounds of the Tower of London, where theyd been lodged by the Kings Council their uncle, the future Richard III, its chief member. From there the boys seem to vanish from the historical record, and so one of the greatest and most intriguing mysteries of British history was born. Over the centuries, historians have debated tirelessly about the fate of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York: did they die in the Tower? Did they escape? Were they murdered?

After astonishing success in locating and laying to rest Richard III, Philippa Langley turns her forensic focus onto this enduring case, teaming up with criminal investigative experts, historians, archivists and researchers from around the world in her groundbreaking The Missing Princes Project. Following ten years of extensive research, investigation and formidable dedication, this landmark study has finally reached completion, with stunning conclusions.

In The Princes in the Tower: How History's Greatest Case Was Solved, join Langley as she records the painstaking investigative work undertaken and lays out the evidence to reveal the remarkable untold story. Here she is able, finally, to address any injustice and solve the mystery surrounding the Princes in the Tower once and for all.

Compelling in breadth and detail, this book asks its readers to re-examine what they thought they knew about one of our greatest historical mysteries. Perfect for fans of the period and the likes of Dan Jones, Philippa Gregory and Janina Ramirez.

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The discoveries in this book shed new light on events surrounding the Princes in the Tower. Rather than favour Tudor propaganda or Victorian revisionism, this asks us to go back to the time and scrutinise evidence with fresh eyes. -- Dr Janina Ramirez, University of Oxford and No. 1 bestselling author of Femina Philippa Langley has earned a reputation for tenacious and meticulous research based on sound principles of piecing together centuries-old records The remarkable discoveries documented here are only the beginning. -- Annette Carson, acclaimed historical writer and biographer The Princes in the Tower is a gripping and ingenious work of historical detection. Ms. Langley and her team have cast new light into a murky period, and with a methodological brilliance that eludes most academic historians. * WALL STREET JOURNAL * 'Philippa Langley has done it again.' -- Julia Llewellyn Smith * THE TIMES * a phenomenal, untold story. -- Amy Irvine * HISTORY HIT * (The) story is fascinating, and researcher Philippa Langley deserves huge credit for her discoveries. * THE SPECTATOR * Langley ... understands how to excite people about the past - more so, perhaps, than most academics * THE NEW YORK TIMES * 'a brilliantly told, spellbinding and compelling story.' * THE LIST * Bombshell new evidence. -- DAILY MAIL Langley may have shifted the dial. -- Jack Blackburn * THE TIMES * One of the joys of this book is the space it provides for contemporary witness statements. Their voices seem real, baffled and intimate. You feel privileged to have a ring-side seat as the case for the defence is presented ... a very different Richard III emerges from the mists of time.' -- Greg Wright * The Yorkshire Post *

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EXCITING NEW DISCOVERIES INCLUDED IN THIS EDITION
PHILIPPA LANGLEY MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael Jones (first published as The King's Grave, John Murray 2013), and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the internationally acclaimed major feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins. Her latest venture, The Missing Princes Project, is an international initiative based on rigorous original research to unveil the truth behind one of historys greatest mysteries.