Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

Alison Weir investigates one of the most enduring murder mysteries in English history – the death of the lost Princes in the tower, nephews of Richard III, whose body has recently been discovered.

Includes a new foreword by the author

The story of the death, under sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal, and violence.

In this gripping book, Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence – including that against the Princes' uncle, Richard III, whose body was recently discovered beneath a Leicester car park. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why, and by whose order they died.

Previously published as The Princes in the Tower