This was fun for a holiday read on the beach - a sort of murder mystery political thriller set in Tudor times. It revolves around the possible fact that Henry V11 was the bastard son of Cecily Neville, (married to the Duke of something), and an archer from Kent. She actually admitted this when her third son Richard III seized the throne – whether she was trying to muster support for his claim or not is uncertain I guess and I haven’t read much about it. The ‘real’ king would then be an Australian sheep farmer, King Michael I! Anyway it was fun and well enough researched to give you a bit of insight into what life must have been like at that time. (I always though Henry VIII must have been a bit of a bastard and all those old kings a pack of violent psychopaths.) 2 stars
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