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

LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 General Collection  DA330 .P46 2012    AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Note Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1509.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Tudor, House of.
Biographies.
Standard # 9781439191569
1439191565
9781439191583 ebook
1439191581 ebook

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