THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III

Based on the London Weekend Television Production for Channel 4

A modern trial by jury at the Old Bailey of one of the most famous events in English history.

'The court will rise.'

'The charge is that King Richard III did, in or about the month of August 1483, in the Tower of London, murder Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince Richard, Duke of York.'

Richard III stands indicted at the bar of history. In this unique work the members of the jury have been invited to deliver their verdict on a matter which has been the subject of fierce controversy and dispute for over 500 years: whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the alleged murder of the two young princes. He himself was killed on the battlefield of Bosworth in 1485 and so is beyond the power and jurisdiction of this or any other human court. The task of the jury is, therefore, to pass historical judgement upon him. Their verdict will stimulate rather than terminate the controversy that has surrounded the deaths of the princes.

Presiding over the case is Lord Elwyn-Jones, the former Lord Chancellor, and he is ably supported by two of Britain's leading criminal Q.C.'s.

A fascinating, powerful, and exciting book copiously illustrated with relevant documents, portraits and other graphic evidence and offering the reader the opportunity to join the jury in weighing the evidence and reaching his or her own verdict before discovering that of the television jury.