On one night
and the hollowness of pride
It is an exciting and bewildering time for him as he finds a warhorse
slowburn dream of a book
raising the money for new armies by bleeding dry peasants and nobles alike
The Pretender Antonia Honeywell On one nightWolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition 'A vivid, transporting feat of imagination' Maggie Shipstead 'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart I loved it' Sarah Waters 'Brilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty' Joanna Quinn 'The Pretender has everything: history richly drawn, amazing characterisation, humour,