Philippa Langley challenges the traditional narrative surrounding Richard III s alleged murder of the Princes in the Tower, arguing that there is insufficient evidence to support this claim. Her book, "The Princes in the Tower," takes a true-crime approach to the mystery and questions whether Richard III was a murderer or a victim of historical rumor and prejudice. Langley s research is based on archival evidence and argues that the boys were alive when Richard was crowned, suggesting they were later given false identities by the Tudor government.
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<p>Although the belief that Chaucer was accused of the crime spurred a significant wave of feminist critical studies of sex and power in his writing, scholars have recently argued that the documents used to support the charge have been misinterpreted. </p>