The Lost Prince ― The Survival of Richard of York

On December 27, 1550 an old man named Richard Plantagenet was buried at Eastwell in Kent. He had spent much of his life working as a bricklayer, but, unusually for a bricklayer, he could read Latin. He eventually told his employer that he was a natural son of Richard III. Yet, if this was true, why was he not publicly acknowledged by the king? The fact that he was called Richard Plantagenet is also revealing. Had he simply been Richard III's bastard, he would have been styled "of Gloucester" or given the name of his birthplace. And where is the evidence that Prince Richard actually died? This book opens up an entirely new line of investigation and offers a startling solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in English history.

David Baldwin is a medieval historian who has written widely on aristocratic families and houses and is a frequent contributor to The Ricardian, and has often spoken at conferences of the Richard III and Yorkist History Trust. He is the author of Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes of the Tower.