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Perkin

2010-08-31 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2010-08-31
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Book Synopsis Perkin by : Ann Wroe

Download or read book Perkin written by Ann Wroe. This book was released on 2010-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a prince. Officially, however, he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck, the son of a Flemish boatman. A diplomatic pawn, he was used by the greatest European rulers of the age for their own purposes. All who dealt with him gave him the identity they wished him to have: either the Duke of York or a jumped-up lad from Flanders. It is possible that he was neither. It is also possible that, by the end, even he did not really know who he was. In Perkin Ann Wroe tells again a marvellous tale that is on the brink of being forgotten. She also dissects the official cover story. In doing so she delves into the secret corners of European history and produces a portrait of the late fifteenth century that is breathtaking in its detail.

The-Fortunes-Of-Perkin-Warbeck Annotated

2020-12-29
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Download or read book The-Fortunes-Of-Perkin-Warbeck Annotated written by Mary Shelley. This book was released on 2020-12-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a long series of civil dissension--after many battles, whose issue involved the fate of thousands--after the destruction of nearly all the English nobility in the contest between the two Roses, the decisive battle of Bosworth Field was fought on the 22d of August, 1415, whose result was to entwine, as it was called, the white and red symbols of rivalship, and to restore peace to this unhappy country. The day had been sunny and warm: as the evening closed in a west wind rose, bringing along troops of fleecy clouds, golden at sunset, and then dun and grey, veiling with pervious network the many stars. Three horsemen at this hour passed through the open country between Hinckley and Welford in Leicestershire. It was broad day when they descended from the elevation on which the former stands, and the villagers crowded to gaze upon the fugitives, and to guess, from the ensigns they bore, to which party they belonged, while the warders from the near castle hastened out to stop them, thus to curry favour with the conqueror; a design wholly baffled.

Perkin Warbeck

1896 Great Britain
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Release : 1896
Genre : Great Britain
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Book Synopsis Perkin Warbeck by : John Ford

Download or read book Perkin Warbeck written by John Ford. This book was released on 1896. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy

2009-10-04 History
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Release : 2009-10-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy by : Ian Arthurson

Download or read book Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy written by Ian Arthurson. This book was released on 2009-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York & Norfolk, the younger of the two sons of Edward IV imprisoned in the Tower of London by Richard III, and whose true fate is unknown to this day. He led two attempts to claim the crown, but was captured by Henry VII and hanged at Tyburn. This book looks at who Warbeck really was, how he was used by those in power in Burgundy, France, Italy, Scotland and Ireland, and the progress of the conspiracy itself. It has often been considered to be a side issue to Henry's reign, but this book reveals how close the conspirators came to bringing about a fundamental change in European politics. Importantly, Ian Arthurson not only sets the plot within the context of what was happening in fifteenth-century Europe, but also reveals important truths about Henry's reign in England. Illustrated with a wealth of contemporary portraits, paintings, engravings and documents, The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy will appeal to anyone with an interest in fifteenth-century history.

The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck

1973 Great Britain
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Release : 1973
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Book Synopsis The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck by : John Ford

Download or read book The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck written by John Ford. This book was released on 1973. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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