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It is 1461 and England is crippled by civil war. One freezing morning, a teenage boy wins a battle in the Welsh marches, and claims the crown. He is Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York... Thomas Penn's brilliant new telling of the wars of the roses takes us inside a conflict that fractured the nation for more than three decades. During this time, the house of York came to dominate England. At its heart were three charismatic brothers - Edward, George and Richard - who became the figureheads of a spectacular ruling dynasty. Together, they looked invincible.. But with Edward's ascendancy the brothers began to turn on one another, unleashing a catastrophic chain of rebellion, vendetta, fratricide, usurpation and regicide. The brutal end came at Bosworth Field in 1485, with the death of the youngest, then Richard III, at the hands of a new usurper, Henry Tudor. The story of a warring family unable to sustain its influence and power, The Brothers York brings to life a dynasty that could have been as magnificent as the Tudors. Its tragedy was that, in the space of one generation, it destroyed itself.

It is 1461 and England is crippled by civil war. One freezing morning, a teenage boy wins a battle in the Welsh marches, and claims the crown. He is Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York ... 0 Thomas Penn's brilliant new telling of the wars of the roses takes us inside a conflict that fractured the nation for more than three decades. During this time, the house of York came to dominate England. At its heart were three charismatic brothers - Edward, George and Richard - who became the figureheads of a spectacular ruling dynasty. Together, they looked invincible..0 But with Edward's ascendancy the brothers began to turn on one another, unleashing a catastrophic chain of rebellion, vendetta, fratricide, usurpation and regicide. The brutal end came at Bosworth Field in 1485, with the death of the youngest, then Richard III, at the hands of a new usurper, Henry Tudor. 0 The story of a warring family unable to sustain its influence and power, The Brothers York brings to life a dynasty that could have been as magnificent as the Tudors. Its tragedy was that, in the space of one generation, it destroyed itself.

In 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. It is 1501. Henry VII has won the throne of England through luck, guile and ruthlessness. But for many he remains a usurper. Now, his elder son is to marry, in a wedding upon which the fate of the country, and the entire Tudor dynasty, will hang . . .

'HE WERE A DARK PRINCE, AND INFINITELY SUSPICIOUS, AND HIS TIMES FULL OF SECRET CONSPIRACIES AND TROUBLES'FRANCIS BACON It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy, violence, murders, coups and counter-coups. Through luck, guile and ruthlessness, Henry VII had clambered to the top of the heap - a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England's crown. 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 longed-for dynasty. Now 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 Thomas Penn re-creates the story of the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. Rich with incident and drama, Winter Kingis an unforgettable story of pageantry, treachery, realpolitik, the thirst for glory - and the fraught, unstable birth of Tudor England.

Thomas Penn odtwarza w swojej znakomitej książce dzieje Henryka VII, postaci tyleż tragicznej, co fascynującej – monarchy despotycznego, nieobliczalnego i pełnego chciwości. Poznajemy bohatera tej biografii, kiedy w jego długim panowaniu rozpoczynają się lata największych niebezpieczeństw. Książka o Henryku VII, obfitująca w dramatyczne sceny i wnikliwa zarazem, jest doprawdy ciekawą opowieścią o splendorze, zdradach, intrygach i niezwykłych zdarzeniach, a ponadto o trudnych, niewolnych od zagrożeń, narodzinach Anglii Tudorów.

Był rok 1501. Od kilkudziesięciu lat Anglię nękały sprzysiężenia, akty przemocy, morderstwa i zamachy stanu inicjowane przez rywalizujące stronnictwa. Dzięki łutowi szczęścia, sprytowi oraz bezwzględności Henryk VII, pierwszy Tudor na królewskim tronie, stanął u szczytu swych możliwości, mimo że w jego prawo do tronu wielu powątpiewało widziano w nim bowiem uzurpatora, króla, który na swą władzę nie zasługiwał W swojej znakomitej książce Thomas Penn odtwarza dzieje Henryka VII, postaci tyleż tragicznej, co fascynującej monarchy despotycznego, nieobliczalnego i pełnego chciwości. Bohatera poznajemy w chwili, kiedy w jego długim panowaniu rozpoczynają się lata największych niebezpieczeństw.