Winter King : : Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England
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Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.
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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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xxvii, 448 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781439191569
1439191565
SUBJECTS
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.