Winter king, [the dawn of Tudor England], Thomas Penn
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Winter king, [the dawn of Tudor England], Thomas Penn
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Winter king
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talking book MP3
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Thomas Penn
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[the dawn of Tudor England]
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Near the turn of the sixteenth century, England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy and civil war. Henry VII clambered to the top of the heap, a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England's crown who managed to win the throne and stay on it for twenty-four years. Although he built palaces, hosted magnificent jousts, and sent ambassadors across Europe, for many Henry VII remained a false king. But he had a crucial asset: his family--the queen and their children, the living embodiment of his hoped-for dynasty
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