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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck - Historical Novel - cover

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck - Historical Novel

Mary Shelley

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck tell the life story of Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "princes in the tower". After the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, with the aid of John de la Poole, Richard, Duke of York hides with Mynheer Jahn Warbeck, a Flemish moneylender who had previously housed him and pretended that Richard was his deceased son, Perkin Warbeck. Under the alias of Perkin, Richard starts paving his way to English throne.
Available since: 11/19/2023.
Print length: 523 pages.

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