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Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition‘An absolute delight … Funny, moving, filthy and original … A frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year’ The Times‘A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue’ Guardian, Book of the day‘A vivid, transporting feat of imagination’ Maggie Shipstead‘Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved it’ Sarah Waters‘Brilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty’ Joanna Quinn‘The Pretender has everything: history richly drawn, amazing characterisation, humour, wit, vigour and bravery’ Emma Stonex‘I found myself laughing out loud at the sheer brilliance of Harkin’s sentences’ Victoria MacKenzie________________________________________Kill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.The year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan, living in a remote village with his widowed father, these matters seem far away.But history has other plans for John.Stolen from his family, exiled – first to Oxford, then to Burgundy, and then Ireland – and apprenticed to a series of unscrupulous political operators, he finds himself groomed for power; not as John Collan, but as Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick – and rightful heir to the throne.Far from home at the Irish court, preparing for a war that will see him become king or die trying, John has just his wits – and the slippery counsel of his host’s daughter, the unconventional Joan – to navigate the choppy waters ahead.Seething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, The Pretender is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens. ‘Wickedly funny… A work of genius, a wellspring of laughter and sorrow, a feat of time travel, and a feast of language'' Karen Russell‘Raw, beautiful and true ... I loved it’ Leah Redmond Chang‘An absolute thumper … Funny and filthy and brave and brilliant’ Marianne Levy‘Superb, exhilarating and heartbreaking’ Linda Porter‘I couldn''t put it down’ Tracy Borman
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| Author | Harkin, Jo |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781526678348 |
| Item Height | 3.7 |
| Item Length | 15.3 |
| Item Width | 23.4 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
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