Author Alison Weir digs into the murder of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, in the 1994 book The Princes in the Tower. She intends to inform, convince, and entertain her readers. Weir begins the book by referencing other books on the topic of the murders. She states that these writers fall into two categories. Many believe that Richard III committed the cruel murders, and others believe that Richard III is innocent, and that he should be praised. Weir states that mistakes were made by these authors on understanding the evidence of the murder. Weir then describes the murders by focusing on letters and other documentation of the murders during that time. Weir then begins describing the line of rule starting
