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　　In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo

da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in

Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the

rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was, England

already had a king.

The most intriguing and ambitious pretender in history, this

elegant young man was celebrated throughout Europe as the prince he

claimed to be: Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the “Princes

in the Tower” who were presumed to have been murdered almost a

decade earlier. Handsome, well-mannered, and charismatic, he

behaved like the perfect prince, and many believed he was one. The

greatest European rulers of the age—among them the emperor

Maximilian, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and Charles VIII of

France—used him as a diplomatic pawn to their own advantage. As

such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years, attempting to invade

England three times. Eventually, defeated and captured, he admitted

to being Perkin Warbeck, the son of a common boatman from Flanders.

But was this really the truth?

Ann Wroe, a historian and storyteller of the first rank, delves

into the secret corners of the late medieval world to explore both

the elusive nature of identity and the human propensity for

deception. In uncovering the mystery of Perkin Warbeck, Wroe

illuminates not only a life but an entire world trembling on the

verge of discovery.

From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction

Presence

Into Adventure

Imagined Princes

Evidence of Things Seen

Fortune's Smile

The Pavilions of Love and

the Tents of War

King Perkin

Confession

This World My Prison

Bad Stars

Absence

Appendix. The Setubal Testimonies, Apri125th, 1496

Family Tree of the Houses of York and Lancaster

Notes

Illustrauons

Acknowledgments

Index

　　Ann Wroe is the author of Pontius Pilate, a finalist for the

Samuel Johnson Prize, and A Fool and His Money, the acclaimed story

of a scandal in a small French town during the Hundred Years War.

She received her doctorate in medieval history from Oxford and is a

senior editor at The Economist. She lives in London with her

husband and their three sons.

　　From the Hardcover edition.

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