Jo Harkin

The Pretender

Sprachen: Englisch. 19,7 cm / 13,0 cm / 3,4 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 464 Seiten
EAN 9781526678362
Veröffentlicht April 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury UK
13,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH THE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER NAMED AS BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, AND THE I SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE 1483. The English throne is in peril. Peasant boy and pretender John Collan is faced with two options. a) Become king b) Die trying What could possibly go wrong? Seething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, The Pretender is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens. ________________________________________ 'A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue' Guardian 'Funny, moving, filthy and original' The Times 'So alive I felt Harkin might be a time traveller' Maggie Shipstead 'I read it with the dedicated fervour of a kid discovering literature for the first time' Yael van der Wouden 'The most enjoyable historical novel I've read in years' Spectator 'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart' Sarah Waters 'Like a Plantagenet Adrian Mole' Jenny Colgan 'A rollicking account of a befuddled boy's pillar-to-post existence as a political pawn' New York Times 'The real deal - nimble, vibrant, playful, and daring' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Ambitious, mischievous and brilliantly written' Daily Mail 'I blazed through full of wonder and admiration' Emma Stonex

Portrait

Jo Harkin studied literature at university. She daydreamed her way through various jobs in her twenties before becoming a full-time writer. Her debut novel Tell Me an Ending was a New York Times book of the year. She lives in Berkshire, England.

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