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VIRTUAL: In Conversation with Author and Historian Philippa Langley: Finding King Richard III and “The Princes in the Tower”

January 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

We are looking forward to chatting with author and historical sleuth, Philippa Langley, about her book The Princes in the Tower: Solving History’s Greatest Cold Case and her discovery of the grave of King Richard III in 2012. Join us as she discusses her research methods, her team, her findings, and how solving this cold case affects our understanding of the royal monarchy (in the 1500s, of course).

NOTE: This program is 2pm ET (Boston time)

RECORDING NOTE: This program will NOT be recorded. 

About The Missing Princes Project:

Following years of intensive research by Langley and her international team, she reveals the findings of The Missing Princes Project. Using investigative methodology, it places the most enduring of mysteries about what happened to the ‘Princes in the Tower’ under a forensic microscope, unearthing an astonishing untold story of survival and uncovering remarkable new archival discoveries of proof of life. It is the first time that police cold case investigation analysis has been applied to a centuries-old historical mystery, leaving no stone unturned, and the results are extraordinary.

About Philippa:

 

Philippa Langley MBE is an historian and award-winning producer, best known for her discovery of Richard III in 2012. She is co-author of the bestselling The Lost King with Michael Jones (first published as The King’s Grave, John Murray 2013), and Finding Richard III, the official account of her Looking For Richard Project. On the ten-year anniversary of discovering Richard III, her extraordinary story was released as the internationally acclaimed major feature film, The Lost King, directed by Sir Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins. 

In November 2023, Philippa once again rewrote the history books in her new work: The Princes in the Tower: Solving History’s Greatest Cold Case (The History Press, UK; Pegasus, USA). Based on her remarkable new research initiative The Missing Princes Project, its now seven-year investigation revealed the Princes survived to challenge Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, for the throne of England. It has been made into a feature-length Factual Special TV documentary by Channel 4, PBS in America and SBS in Australia.

Please register for this event and you’ll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails (you may need to check your spam folder for the email, it will be coming from ashlandprograms@minlib.net)

We’re thrilled to be collaborating with a multitude of MA Libraries to bring this program to our communities.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.

You can buy signed books by Philippa from Aesop’s Fable, just make a note that you want the books signed when you check out. 

Buy signed books by Philippa

PLEASE REGISTER HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK.

Details

Date:
January 22, 2025
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Bacon Free Library
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508-653-6730
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