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Item Details
| Title:
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WINTER KING
THE DAWN OF TUDOR ENGLAND |
| By: |
Thomas Penn |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
014104053X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141040530 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2012 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
Recreates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII. In this title, the author traces 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. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2011'He were a dark prince, and infinitely suspicious, and his times full of secret conspiracies and troubles' Sir Francis BaconIn his remarkable debut, Penn vividly recreates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII. He traces 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 the book's heart is the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Biographers' Club Prize for Best First Biography 2012 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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