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

Penn, Thomas. (Author).
  • Description: xiv, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster,
  • ISBN: 9781439191569
  • ISBN: 1439191565
  • ISBN: 9781439191583 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1439191581 (ebook)

Available copies

  • 7 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

Current holds

0 current holds with 9 total copies.

Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Danvers Adult Nonfiction DA 330 P46 2012 (Text to phone) Available -
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 942.051/Penn (Text to phone) Checked out 06/14/2013
Marblehead Adult Biography NEW BIO HENRY VII, KING 2012 (Text to phone) Checked out 06/03/2013
Melrose New Books (Browsing Room) Biography 942.051 Henry VII Penn (Text to phone) Available -
Reading Adult Nonfiction B HENRY PEN (Text to phone) Available -
Revere Adult Fiction 942.05/P (Text to phone) Available -
Salem Adult Non-Fiction 942.05/PENN (Text to phone) Available -
Swampscott Lower Level 942.05 P (Text to phone) Available -
Wakefield Adult Nonfiction (2nd Floor) Biography Henry VII (Text to phone) Available -

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.
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.

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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.

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