Winter King

The Dawn of Tudor England

Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE

SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012

SUNDAY 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 Bacon

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.
A brilliant debut ... this impressive book will certainly become the definitive study of our strangest, most mysterious, king
Desmond Seward, BBC History Magazine

About Thomas Penn

Thomas Penn's bestselling Winter King was a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Sunday Times and BBC History, and was awarded the H. W. Fisher Best First Biography Prize. He has a PhD in late fifteenth and early sixteenth century history from Clare College, Cambridge, and writes for, among others, the Guardian and the London Review of Books.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781846145094
  • Length: 480 pages
  • Price: £5.99
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