Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England /
Penn, Thomas.
Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England / Thomas Penn. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. - xiv, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 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.
9781439191569 1439191565
2011036144
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.
DA330 / .P46 2012
942.05/1092 B
Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England / Thomas Penn. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. - xiv, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 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.
9781439191569 1439191565
2011036144
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.
DA330 / .P46 2012
942.05/1092 B