Weir"s brilliant reconstruction of all the evidence brings a 500-year-old whodunnit to a convincing conclusion. The story of the death, in sinister circumstances of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. In her gripping account, Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence - including that against the Princes" uncle, Richard III. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why and by whose order they died.