THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscriptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj (stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral) with capitalised red+white lettered title,author's name in other white capital lettering,spine/backstrip with similarly coloured lettering as the front and a publisher's white colophon at foot of same,rear panel with b/w reproduction of a painting by Millais of 'The Princes in the Tower' respectively; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping and creasing to edges and corners.head of spine/backstrip with some minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing to book's spine and the dw/dj too - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with light ageing/toning and faint,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corner tips. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and plain white endpapers with some off-setting from dw/dj inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xipp+1-237pp [paginated] includes an introduction,34 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w facsimile illustration reproductions,b/w portrait illustrations and modern b/w scenic photographs in 1 block,between pp114/15,a 2pp select bibliography,Edward II and descendants' family tree chart,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,illustartions list/table,acknowledgements and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.
The book does not maintain that Richard III was innocent of the murders,but sees the present cult of him as a reaction against genuine injustice to his memory: the treating of circumstantial evidence against him as if it were direct evidence,and the loading of his reputation with other crimes he did not commit. Assesses the influence of the savage struggle of YORK and LANCASTER for the crown,the fatal breach in the family bond caused by EDWARD IV's being obliged to put his brother CLARENCE to death and the widespread unpopularity of the Queen,ELIZABETH WOODVILLE,and her relatives. Scrupulous attention to the period particularly fascinating.The Palace of Westminster,the Royal Apartments in the TOWER,and the richness of EDWARD IV's lifestyle vividly depicted in detail.The spectacle of a man of RICHARD's capacity for kingship and his excellent record as a soldier and administrator,drawn to procure a fearful crime that was also a fearful blunder, is more alarming to the rest of us than the actions of a thorough-paced criminal.
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