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Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England / Thomas Penn. |
| Authors: | Penn, Thomas. |
| Call number: | B Henry VII PEN |
| Publisher: | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
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. |
| Title: | Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England / Thomas Penn. |
| Additional title: | Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England |
| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
| Physical description: | xxvii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | 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. |
| Notes: | Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439191569 1439191565 |
| LCCN: | 2011036144 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1347588 |
| Bib No.: | 1347588 |
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