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The Princes in the Tower

Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

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By: Philippa Langley
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Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds and a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King Richard III (1452-1485) in a Leicester car park. A king finally laid to rest, the rediscovery and reburial of Richard III was watched by an estimated global audience of over 366 million. Now, Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project'. In the summer of 1483, Edward V (aged 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (aged 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over 500 years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle Richard III. Following years of intensive research in UK, American and European archives, astonishing new archival discoveries have been uncovered that change what we know about the fate of the Princes in the Tower. Established by Langley in 2016, ‘The Missing Princes Project' employed the methods of a cold-case police enquiry. Using investigative methodology, it aimed to place this most enduring of mysteries under a forensic microscope for the first time. In The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case, Langley records the painstaking investigative work and research of the project. By questioning received wisdom, she and her team shed light upon one of history's greatest miscarriages of justice, revealing a phenomenal untold story.

©2023 Philippa Langley (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
Crime Europe Great Britain Murder Royalty True Crime England Middle Ages Cold Case Tudor
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Inspiring, fascinating, detailed. Philippa Langley and her team deserve huge respect, admiration and recognition for the impressive research they have done. But this book should have been read by a trained actor and Philippa could have just done the appendices. It was hard work to listen to and I love historical dates. I am very glad I have the book.

An amazing piece of historical research

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History’s ‘who done it?’ brought to life. The level of detail is staggering, I’m going to have to listen to this again! This is what should be taught to children in history lessons! Extremely well written and informative and the level of research gone into this book is phenomenal! 100% recommend to anyone who is interested in history, and especially clearing the name of good King Richard III.

Absolutely fantastic!

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This book is packed with facts, all clearly explained, and sets out clearly a situation from the past which has long been simply confusing.
What actually hap[pened to the two young 'princes' in the Tower in the 1460s is finally - at least partially - explained.
Even for those who are convinced the boys were murdered by Richard III, this book goes a long way towards explaining matters depending on genuine documentation.
Where no proof or documentation exists, both sides are set forwards ( as far as can be ) and then logic is added as a tool, such as used in law courts.
The writing is brilliant as is the narration (both Philippa Langley's excellence) and anyone interested in this subject, even mildly so, will find enormous clarity and help here. The book is frankly fascinating.
Solid proof is not, perhaps, yet at 100%, but this book certainly brings the probability of the boys' survival to a fair 85%, and perhaps more.
The assumption of their murder is herewith banished, since that proof, even the supposition, shrinks to Zero.
I recommend this book, totally authentic in all it documented and serious research, as the most valuable and informative work so far presented on the subject.
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Inspiring

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Agree with others. The speed re-setting to 1.2 helps but oh dear Philippa, your voice is just so monotone. Clear and a nice tone but it doesn't colour the story at all and it's so so hard to get your head around what you are saying - particularly as there are lots of Richards, Edwards, Elizabeths etc ... Horses for Courses - you are an enthusiastic and energetic researcher ... but not an actor.

How to make exciting historical research boring.

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although I admire Phillipa's enthusiasm for her book, the narration was very sticato and didn't flow. it was interesting content but I took regular breaks to get my head around the information. not enough enthusiasm translated into her voice - monotone and difficult to process in large chunks.

brilliant alternative to the usual narrative

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