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Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England Book

'He were a dark prince and infinitely suspicious and his times full of secret conspiracies and troubles' Sir Francis Bacon. It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy violence murders coups and counter-coups. Henry VII had clambered to the top of the heap - a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England's crown who through luck guile and ruthlessness had managed to win the throne and stay on it for sixteen years. Although he built palaces hosted jousts gave out lavish presents and sent ambassadors across Europe for many he remained a usurper a false king. But Henry had a crucial asset: his queen and their children the living embodiment of his hoped-for dynasty. Now in what would be the crowning glory of his reign his elder son would marry a great Spanish princess. On a cold November day this girl the sixteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon arrived in London for a wedding upon which the fate of England would hinge...In his remarkable debut historian Thomas Penn recreates an England which is both familiar and very strange - a country that seems medieval yet modern in which honour and chivalry mingle with espionage realpolitik high finance and corruption.It is the story of the transformation of a young vulnerable boy Prince Henry into the aggressive teenager who would become Henry VIII and of Catherine of Aragon his future queen. And at its heart is the tragic magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling paranoid avaricious with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. Rich with incident and drama filled with wonderfully drawn characters "Winter King" is an unforgettable history of pageantry surveillance the thirst for glory - and the fraught unstable birth of Tudor England.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Recreates an England which is both familiar and very strange - a country that seems medieval yet modern, in which honour and chivalry mingle with espionage, realpolitik, high finance and corruption. This title tells the story of the transformation of a young, vulnerable boy, Prince Henry, into the aggressive teenager who would become Henry VIII.

  • ASDA

    It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy violence murders coups and counter-coups. Henry VII had clambered to the top of the heap. This book presents the story of the transformation of a young boy Prince Henry into the aggressive teenager who would become Henry VIII and of Catherine of Aragon his future queen.

  • Blackwell

    Tells the story of Henry VII's time as King, and the fraught and unstable birth of Tudor England. Rich with incident and drama, filled with wonderfully drawn characters, this title is about the history of pageantry, surveillance, the thirst for...

  • Foyles

    An entertainingly told account of the prelude to the reign of Britain's most memorable monarch.

  • 1846142024
  • 9781846142024
  • Thomas Penn
  • 29 September 2011
  • Allen Lane
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 480
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