Mary Shelley, Perkin Warbeck

Graham Allen (University College Cork)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1830

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Mary Shelley began work on Perkin Warbeck soon after completing her third novel, The Last Man (1826). The novel concerns the historically disputed idea that the Duke of York, younger of the two princes imprisoned (and allegedly murdered) by Richard III, was the same person as the rebel leader Perkin Warbeck. This historical novel, therefore, presents the reader with an extremely detailed and well researched account of the early years of Henry VII (who defeated Richard III’s forces at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, thus bringing to an end the Wars of the Roses, 1455-85). Mary Shelley utilises historical accounts of the period (such as Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Irelande), but also …

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Citation: Allen, Graham. "Perkin Warbeck". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 September 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16587, accessed 04 December 2024.]

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