Uneasy lies the head by Plaidy Jean 1906-1993

Author:Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503, Queens
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Published: 1984-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

the Tower—snippets of it. . . and then long silences so that one never really got the real story. Perkin told him what had happened to him and the Earl was eager to know more. Poor young man, he had been so long in the Tower that he knew very little of the outside world.

Perkin wrote of the freedom he longed to obtain, of Katharine waihng for him. All his thoughts were of freeing himself and gethng away . . . Escape from this fearful place, he wrote. Freedom. That is what I crave for.

The Earl craved for it too. 'Am I to spend all my life a prisoner?' he wrote.

The guards who read the letters and gave them to the constable who showed them to the King before they were passed on to the intended recipient, said: 'We are getting somewhere.'

They were right. In time the two young men began to write about means of escape. How could they achieve it? 'The guards are friendly,' wrote Perkin. 'I have an idea that they would help us. There must be many prisoners in the Tower—many of them guiltless. It might be possible to get them to help us ... It would be freedom for them as well as for us.'

The Earl was inclined to leave the planning to Perkin who had had adventures in various places, who had actually gone into battle. What could a young man who had been a prisoner since he was ten, know of these matters?

Planning made the days pass pleasantly. Perkin had a grand plan for seizing the Tower, they would get the guards to help. Warwick must not forget he was the true heir to the throne. He had the right to command. Perkin was only a humble citizen but he would admit he had experience.

They grew excited. They drew plans. It was all in the mind. Both of them knew what they wrote about would be impossible to put into action.

But it was far more serious than they realized and they were to pay dearly for their diversion.

One day the guards came into Perkin's cell. He looked up eagerly thinking they might have brought him a communication from the Earl.

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