The Pretension of Richard IV

220px-perkin_warbeckToday, I put the final words on the first draft of The Pretension of Richard IV, which follows the exploits of the man who claims to be Richard IV, second son of England’s Edward IV. In the eyes of Henry VII, who rose to power after killing Richard  III in the Battle of Bosworth (and damningly defaming him), this was just another pretender to the throne: Perkin Warbeck the boatswain’s son. Given Henry’s record for slandering his enemies, however, the truth of the naive would-be conqueror’s identity will likely never be known.

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