Winter King

Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE

SPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carré ... gripping ... a rare achievement' Tom Holland, Guardian

It is 1501. Henry VII has won the throne of England through luck, guileand ruthlessness. But for many he remains a usurper. Now, his elder sonis to marry, in a wedding upon which the fate of the country, and theentire Tudor dynasty, will hang ...

'A masterpiece. Rich, resonant and utterly compelling' Helen Castor, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year

'Gripping... brilliant ... The enigmatic Henry is brought thrillingly to life asone of the most unlikely but tenacious kings ever to wear the Englishcrown'Dan Jones, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year

'Thrilling and sinister' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year

'Enthralling ... Penn captures the weirdness, the ferocity, and a glint of unexpected tenderness' The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year

Reviews

Penn's scholarly and engrossing life of Henry VII ... gives a complex and exact sense of how power worked in early modern England