The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a historical novel published in 1830. Set after the Battle of Bosworth, it follows the fate of a young man claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, the supposedly murdered son of King Edward IV. Shelley treats him as the genuine prince rather than an impostor, portraying an idealistic figure thrust into dangerous political intrigue. Through Richard and the women
who support him, the novel explores loyalty, betrayal, and the human cost of power struggles in Tudor England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 |
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| Title | The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortunes_of_Perkin_Warbeck |
| Credits | Laura Natal Rodrigues |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Impostors and imposture -- Fiction |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Warbeck, Perkin, 1474-1499 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pretenders to the throne -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 66749 |
| Release Date | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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