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The Perfect Prince by Ann Wroe
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In 1491, as Macchiavelli advised Popes and princes
and and Leonardo da Vinci |
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astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship
in Portugal bound for Ireland. He |
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would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to
the throne of England. The trouble |
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was, England already had a king. |
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The most intriguing and ambitious pretender in
history, this elegant young man was |
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celebrated throughout Europe as
the prince he claimed to be : Richard, Duke of York, |
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the younger of the "Princes in the Tower" who were
presumed to have been murdered a |
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decade earlier. Handsome, well-mannered and
charismatic, he behaved like a perfect |
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prince, and many believed he was one. The greatest
European rulers of the age - among |
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them the emperor Maximilian, Ferdinand and Isabella
of Spain, and Charles VIII of |
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France - used him as a diplomatic pawn to their own
advantage. As such he tormented |
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Henry VII for eight years, attempting to invade
England three times. Eventually, defeated |
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and captured, he admitted to being Perkin Warbeck,
the son of a common boatman from |
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Flanders. But was this really the truth ?
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Ann Wroe, a historian and storyteller of the first
rank, delves into the secret corners of |
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late medieval world to explore both the elusive
nature of identity and the human |
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propensity for deception. In uncovering the mystery
of Perkin Warbeck, she illuminates |
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not only a life but an entire world trembling on the
verge of discovery. |
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