Perkin Warbeck: Tudor Pretender on the Run

Perkin Warbeck emerged as a 15th‑century pretender who, by asserting himself to be the vanished Duke of York, threatened Henry VII’s fragile rule. In this episode we trace his European wanderings, the political manoeuvres that backed him, and the evidence that ultimately proved he was an impostor – or at least not a genuine heir – while exploring what his brief challenge reveals about legitimacy and myth in Tudor England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices