To the Tower Born, Robin Maxwell
To the Tower Born, Robin Maxwell
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To the Tower Born
A Novel of the Lost Princes

Author: Robin Maxwell

Narrator: Marian Hussey

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2023


Synopsis

In 1483, Edward and Richard of York—Edward, by law, already King of England—were placed, for their protection before Edward's coronation, in the Tower of London by their uncle Richard. Within months the boys disappeared without a trace, and for the next five hundred years the despised Richard III was suspected of their heartless murders.

In To the Tower Born, Robin Maxwell ingeniously imagines what might have happened to the missing princes. The great and terrible events that shaped a kingdom are viewed through the eyes of quick-witted Nell Caxton, only daughter of the first English printer, and her dearest friend, "Bessie," sister to the lost boys and ultimate founder of the Tudor dynasty. It is a thrilling story brimming with mystery, color, and historical lore. With great bravery and heart, two friends navigate a dark and treacherous medieval landscape rendered more perilous by the era's scheming, ambitious, even murderous men and women who will stop at nothing to possess the throne.

About Robin Maxwell

Robin Maxwell is the acclaimed author of The Wild Irish, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, The Queen's Bastard, and Virgin: Prelude to the Throne. She lives in Pioneertown, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ikonopeiston on December 26, 2008

It is very unlikely that I would have bought this book had it not been available in a Kindle edition. The combination of low price and convenience led me to take the chance and so I have read it. The most positive thing I can find to say is that it is, at least, not one of those dreadful historical......more

Goodreads review by Lector on December 02, 2017

No me ha parecido ni demasiado buena ni mala. Simplemente, una novela que hace uso de su contexto y el misterio de los príncipes, para recrear una trama de aventuras, con tintes modernos. Si buscas rigor histórico, no la leas. Es evidente que las protagonistas no pudieron vivir todas esas situacione......more

Goodreads review by AzulClarito on January 11, 2019

Como me gustan los libros de ficción histórica!!! Más los ambientados en los años de Isabel Woodville, Ana Bolena o Elizabeth por ejemplo!!! La brevisima sinpsis que les puedo hacer es que Elizabeth le cuenta a su hijo Harry la historia del misterio de la desaparición de sus hermanos Eduardo y Dicko......more

Goodreads review by Pauline on September 11, 2020

Sort of cute; sort of silly This story pays homage to "girl power," making Elizabeth of York and her friend Nell Caxton, rescuers of the Princes in the tower. It also has parallel romances: with Elizabeth infatuated with her uncle Richard III (who is innocent of the murder of her brothers) and Nell i......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on March 04, 2021

An okay read. Definitely slow. Pretty sad overall but it is a fascinating take on the lost princes!......more