{"product_id":"the-pretender","title":"The Pretender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWolf Hall\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A vivid, transporting feat of imagination' Maggie Shipstead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved it' Sarah Waters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e' Joanna Quinn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas everything: history richly drawn, amazing characterisation, humour, wit, vigour and bravery' Emma Stonex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I found myself laughing out loud at the sheer brilliance of Harkin's sentences' Victoria MacKenzie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1483 and England is in peril. The much-despised Richard III is not long for the throne, and the man who will become Henry VII stands poised to snatch the crown for himself. But for twelve-year-old John Collan, living in a remote village with his widowed father, these matters seem far away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut history has other plans for John.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStolen from his family, exiled - first to Oxford, then to Burgundy, and then Ireland - and apprenticed to a series of unscrupulous political operators, he finds himself groomed for power; not as John Collan, but as Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick - and rightful heir to the throne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from home at the Irish court, preparing for a war that will see him become king or die trying, John has just his wits - and the slippery counsel of his host's daughter, the unconventional Joan - to navigate the choppy waters ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pretender\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Wickedly funny. A work of genius, a wellspring of laughter and sorrow, a feat of time travel, and a feast of language' Karen Russell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Raw, beautiful and true ... I loved it' Leah Redmond Chang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An absolute thumper . Funny and filthy and brave and brilliant' Marianne Levy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Superb, exhilarating and heartbreaking' Linda Porter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I couldn't put it down' Tracy Borman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55180130124149,"sku":"9781526678348","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/7a61719c-86b2-4bdc-ad8c-ef18a84f9417.jpg?v=1742488662","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-pretender","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}