{"product_id":"pretender","title":"Pretender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/i\u003e in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A vivid, transporting feat of imagination' Maggie Shipstead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved it' Sarah Waters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Joanna Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/i\u003e has everything: history richly drawn, amazing characterisation, humour, wit, vigour and bravery' Emma Stonex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I found myself laughing out loud at the sheer brilliance of Harkin's sentences' Victoria MacKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003e But history has other plans for John.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stolen 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\u003e Far 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 \u003cb\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, \u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/i\u003e is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Raw, beautiful and true ... I loved it' Leah Redmond Chang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An absolute thumper ... Funny and filthy and brave and brilliant' Marianne Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Superb, exhilarating and heartbreaking' Linda Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I couldn't put it down' Tracy Borman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Pretender","offer_id":44541275046085,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5266-7835-5.jpg?v=1741648550","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/pretender","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}