Publisher's Synopsis
August 1485. A boy watches the carnage of the Battle of Bosworth and sees the king die in a glorious cavalry charge. Sixty-five years later in the village of Eastwell the parish records the death of a master mason. The name recorded: Richard Plantagenet Who was the old man? Was he Richard III's illegitimate son? An imposter taking in royal airs and graces? Or was he Richard, youngest son of Edward IV and one of the princes in the tower? The book tells the remarkable story of a talented craftsman who survived turbulent times and kept and extraordinary secret.
