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Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England / Thomas Penn.

by Penn, Thomas.

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Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509.

Tudor, House of.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1509.

Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.

Publisher description

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

xxvii, 448 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, geneal. tables ; 24 cm.

Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Red rose, avenger of the white -- Blood and roses -- Not a drop of doubtful royal blood -- Richmond -- He seeks in all places to destroy me -- Now must you supply the mother's part also -- Change of worlds -- No sure way -- Council learned -- Our second treasure -- Null and void -- This day came De la Pole -- New heaven, new earth -- A state of avarice -- Extraordinary justice -- Courage to be bold -- Savage harshness made complete -- The art of dying -- Rich, ferocious, thirsting for glory.

Profiles Henry VII as an enigmatic and ruthless king of a country ravaged by decades of conspiracy and civil war, discussing the costs of establishing a Tudor monarchy and the ways he set the stage for Henry VIII's reign.

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