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REVISED PAPERBACK EDITION FEATURING NEW DISCOVERIES

After ten years of research, The Missing Princes Project is now concluded and the results are in...

'Philippa Langley has done it again.' - The Times

'Langley ... understands how to excite people about the past - more so, perhaps, than most academics' -…

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In 1483, Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, were supposedly murdered in the Tower of London by their uncle, King Richard III. This is based on the fact that the boys were missing after Henry VII seized the English crown and Richard III died in battle.
Author Philippa Langley discovers letters, diaries and historical clues to the young boys' whereabouts and follows the information as a detective probing into a cold case of murder. It is a fascinating story, reading how and what evidence she uncovers, and then piecing together the centuries-old information. Her conclusion is that the young…

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