This book was inspired by the scholar A. L. Rowse
, and by a visit to him and her publisher friend Raleigh Trevelyan
at their houses in Cornwall. It treated Arthur not as a...
Timeline
9 April 1483
King Edward IV
died unexpectedly; his young son Edward V
was proclaimed king of England.
25-26 June 1483
The child King Edward V
was deposed, and Richard III
assumed the throne of England.
August 1497
Perkin Warbeck
, allegedly younger brother of Edward V
but probably an impostor, was taken into custody by Henry VII
; he was executed two years later.