The Princes in the Tower: The Mystery of the Brothers York
There's no such thing as the Dark Ages
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Wars of the Roses historian Matt Lewis visits the Tower of London to talk through one of the building’s greatest mysteries: the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower. He talks through the possibility that the two young boys were not murdered on King Richard III's orders, but in fact survived their uncle's reign.
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