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Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs)

Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs)

Cunningham, Sean

Hardcover

Series: Penguin Monarchs

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresBritish History

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ISBN10: 0141977760
ISBN13: 9780141977768
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: Jun 13 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.90 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.20
Language: English

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format

Henry VII was one of England's unlikeliest monarchs. An exile and outsider with barely a claim to the throne, his victory over Richard III at Bosworth Field seemed to many in 1485 like only the latest in the sequence of violent convulsions among England's nobility that would come to be known as the wars of the roses - with little to suggest that the obscure Henry would last any longer than his predecessor. To break that cycle of division, usurpation, deposition and murder, he had both to maintain a grip on power and to convince England that his rule was both rightful and effective. Here, Sean Cunningham explores how, in his ruthless, controlling and personal kingship, Henry VII did so; in the process founding the Tudor dynasty and, arguably, helping to lay the foundations for modern government.

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