Ebook: The Lost Prince: the Survival of Richard of York

On December 22, 1550 an old bricklayer named Richard Plantagenet was buried at Eastwell in Kent. Unusually for a bricklayer, he had been able to read Latin and, when pressed, he had claimed to be a natural son of King Richard II and to have met him the day before the Battle of Bosworth. Yet he had simply been Richard III's bastard he would have been styled ""of Gloucester"" or given the name of his birthplace. Richard III openly acknowledged and provided for his other bastards. Why did he not do the same for Richard Plantagenet? Most tellingly, where is the evidence that Prince Richard ac.;Cover; Half Title; About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Table showing the York, Lancaster and Tudor Genealogies; Time Chart of the Principal Events of English History during the Period Covered by this Book; Introduction; One The Mystery of the Princes; Two Richard of Eastwell; Three Richard of York; Four Uncle Richard; Five Into the Tower; Six The Colchester 'Connection'; Seven In the Shadows; Eight 'Cousin' Henry; Nine King Richard IV?; Appendix One. Richard Plantagenet: A Legendary Tale; Appendix Two. Some Journalistic Asides; Appendix Three. The Hopper Ring.