5 MINUTE HISTORY:
The Pretenders to the Throne
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Perkin Warbeck. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perkin_Warbeck.jpg
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Perkin Warbeck; or the Last of the Plantagenets
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS
Ouellette, Jennifer “We now have new evidence that Richard III Murdered the princes in the tower”. 9 Feb 2021 ARS TECHNICA. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/historian-bolsters-case-that-richard-iii-murdered-the-princes-in-the-tower/
“Sir James Tyrell Confession- Fact or Fiction?” Revealing Richard III Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://revealingrichardiii.com/tyrells-confession.html#:~:text=Until%20further%20evidence%20is%20forthcoming,of%20King%20Edward%20IV%27s%20sons.
Pilling, David. The Princes in the Tower: David Pilling on ‘The New Evidence’ Aspects of History accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://aspectsofhistory.com/author_interviews/the-princes-in-the-tower-david-pilling-on-the-new-evidence/#:~:text=There%20are%204%20separate%20pieces,promising%2030%2C000%20florins%20for%20Richard.
Cerdic. “The Fate of the Princes – Evidence” The History of England. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/the-fate-of-the-princes-evidence/
“Solving the Mystery of the Princes in the Tower”. The History Press. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-the-princes-in-the-tower/
Travis, Alan. “Why the princes in the tower are staying six feet under” 5 Feb 2013 The Guardian. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/05/princes-in-tower-staying-under
“More links between Richard III and the Princes in the Tower mystery unearthed”. University of Huddersfield Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2023/november/richard-iii-princes-in-tower-new-links/
“The Princes in the Tower”. Richard III Society. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://richardiii.net/faqs/the-princes-in-the-tower/
“The Princes in the Tower - The New Evidence”. Richard III Society Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://richardiii.net/the-princes-in-the-tower-the-new-evidence/
Nigelleaney “The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence” MEDIUM 21 Dec 2023. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://nigelleaney.medium.com/the-princes-in-the-tower-new-evidence-d781f07a2d06#:~:text=At%20the%20time%20of%20Charles,age%20to%20the%20two%20princes.
Howard, Harry “The Princes in the Tower ‘SURVIVED’ to lsunch failed rebellions against Henry VII: Bombshell new evidence suggests royals fled Richard III’s clutches in Tower of London before assuming identities of usurpers” UPDATED 21 Nov 2023 The Daily Mail Accessed 28 Jan 2024. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12761443/Bombshell-new-evidence-proves-Princes-Tower-given-inside-help-escape-Richard-III.html
Yongewa, Vivian “I’m Not Feeling the New Princes In The Tower Evidence”. 9 Dec 2023. MEDIUM Accessed 28 Jan 2024. https://vyongewa.medium.com/im-not-feeling-the-new-princes-in-the-tower-evidence-d89b8c268d60
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“Exclusive: This is how you solve one of history’s greatest cold cases” National Geographic Premium Content (subscription required) Accessed 2 Dec 2023. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/princes-in-the-tower-cold-case-king-richard
“Perkin Warbeck” Wars of the Roses Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://www.warsoftheroses.com/people/perkin-warbeck/
Crowther, David “Catherine Gordon and Perkin Warbeck”. The History of England. Accessed 6 Feb 2024. https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/catherine-gordon-and-perkin-warbeck/
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