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“What is kingship? Unfair power used against other men.”

The Pretender by Jo Harkin

February 6, 2026 by stegolily Leave a Comment

John Collan’s world has just been turned upside down. The nine year-old has just learned that he is not actually a peasant boy, son of a dairy farmer. Rather, he is told that he is in fact Edward, Earl of Warwick, and that he is expected to overthrow Henry VII, the new Tudor King, and assume the throne. John is whisked away to Oxford, where he assumes the name Lambert Simnel and begins his aristocratic education. The ensuing years take him to Burgundy and then […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Jo Harkin

stegolily's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Jo Harkin ·
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