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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance

Mary Shelley

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.

"The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a historical novel. 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.

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After a long series of civil dissension—after many battles, whose issue involved the fate of thousands—after the destruction of nearly all the English nobility in the contest between the two Roses, the decisive battle of Bosworth Field was fought on the 22nd of August, 1415, whose result was to entwine, as it was called, the white and red symbols of rivalship, and to restore peace to this unhappy country.

Contents

  1. 01Preface
  2. 02Chapter I the Flight from Bosworth Field
  3. 03Chapter II the Conference
  4. 04Chapter III Elizabeth of York
  5. 05Chapter IV Lady Brampton
  6. 06Chapter V the Interview
  7. 07Chapter VI Lambert Simnel
  8. 08Chapter VII the Battle of Newark
  9. 09Chapter VIII the Discovery
  10. 10Chapter IX the Decoy
  11. 11Chapter X the Escape
  12. 12Chapter XI the Exiles
  13. 13Chapter XII the Challenge
  14. 14Chapter XIII Temptation
  15. 15Chapter XIV the Traitor Punished
  16. 16Chapter XV the Landing at Cork
  17. 17Chapter XVI New Friends
  18. 18Chapter XVII the French Court
  19. 19Chapter XVIII the Token
  20. 20Chapter XIX Clifford's Resolve
  21. 21Chapter XX the Conspiracy
  22. 22Chapter XXI Treason
  23. 23Chapter XXII Herman De Faro
  24. 24Chapter XXIII the Traitor Unmasked
  25. 25Chapter XXIV the Tower
  26. 26Chapter XXV the Rescue
  27. 27Chapter XXVI the Earl of Surrey
  28. 28Chapter XXVII the Landing at Hythe
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII the Parting
  30. 30Chapter XXIX Welcome to Scotland
  31. 31Chapter XXX the Court of Scotland
  32. 32Chapter XXXI the Marriage
  33. 33Chapter XXXII the March Towards England
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII the Assassin
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV Disappointment
  36. 36Chapter XXXV the Retreat
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI Tidings from Ireland
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII Treachery
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII Depression
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX Siege of Waterford
  41. 41Chapter XL an Escape
  42. 42Chapter XLI Arrival in England
  43. 43Chapter XLII Reception in Cornwall
  44. 44Chapter XLIII Misgivings
  45. 45Chapter XLIV a Challenge
  46. 46Chapter XLV Arrival at Taunton
  47. 47Chapter XLVI a Prisoner
  48. 48Chapter XLVII a Dilemma
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII Capture of Katherine
  50. 50Chapter XLIX Richard Surrenders
  51. 51Chapter L a Procession
  52. 52Chapter LI an Escape
  53. 53Chapter LII Treason
  54. 54Chapter LIII Death of Clifford
  55. 55Chapter LIV Imprisonment in the Tower
  56. 56Chapter LV Attempt to Escape
  57. 57Chapter LVI the Trial
  58. 58Chapter LVII the Prison of Ludgate
  59. 59Chapter LVIII Conclusion

About this edition

Author
Mary Shelley
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Advanced: for close, demanding reading
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
515 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers