{"product_id":"the-pretender-paperback","title":"The Pretender (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003eBut history has other plans for John.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStolen 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\u003eFar 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pretender\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jo Harkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61649113973066,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/5256\/5066\/files\/71ZKZyAqtzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1776549857","url":"https:\/\/mavisbookshop.com\/products\/the-pretender-paperback","provider":"Mavis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}