Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Penn, Thomas

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2012

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As new condition blue boards with a navy blue spine and silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments, Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quotes; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Maps; Genealogical Table; Introduction; Prologue: Red Rose, Avenger of the White; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; and Index. Illustrated with Preliminary Page Maps and a Family Tree. "It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy, violence, murders, coups and counter-coups. Through luck, guile and ruthlessness, Henry VII, the first of the Tudor kings, had clambered to the top of the heap - a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England's throne. 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. Queen Elizabeth was a member of the House of York. Henry himself was from the House of Lancaster, so between them they united the warring parties that had fought the bloody century-long Wars of the Roses. Now their older son, Arthur, was about to marry a Spanish princess. On a cold November day sixteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon arrived in London for a wedding that would mark a triumphal moment in Henry's reign. In this remarkable book, Thomas Penn re-creates the story of the tragic, magnetic Henry VII - a controlling, paranoid, avaricious monarch who was entering the most perilous years of his long reign. Rich with drama and insight, Winter King is an astonishing story of pagentry, treachery, intrigue and incident - and the fraught, dangerous birth of Tudor England." - from the inner front jacket flap. "A tour de force." - The Spectator. "A definitive and accessible account of the reign of Henry VII that will alter our view not just of Henry, but of the country he dominated and corrupted, and of the dynasty he founded." - Philippa Gregory, The Guardian [UK]. "Stunning. This is not a new story - but in Penn's hands, it is a revelation. Penn has pulled off a rare feat: a brilliant and haunting evocation of the Tudor world, with irresistible echoes of the age of fear in which we now live." - Helen Castor, The Telegraph [UK]. "Winter King offers us the fullest, deepest, most compelling insight into the warped psychology of the Tudor dynasty's founder to have appeared since [Francis] Bacon wrote." - John Guy, Financial Times. "Succeeds brilliantly .[a] finely drawn portrait .Penn's deft turn of phrase superbly re-creates the drama and personalities of the court." - Tracy Borman, The Sunday TImes [London]. "An exceptionally stylish literary debut.[Winter King] should be the first port of call for anyone trying to understand England's most flagrant usurper since William the Conqueror." - Diarmaid MacCulloch, author. Seller Inventory # 006007

Bibliographic Details

Title: Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition