{"product_id":"the-pretender-jo-harkin-9781526678362","title":"The Pretender","description":"\u003cp\u003eWolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1483.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe English throne is in peril.\n\u003cbr\u003ePeasant boy and pretender John Collan is faced with two options.\n\u003cbr\u003ea) Become king\n\u003cbr\u003eb) Die trying\n\u003cbr\u003eWhat could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH**\n\u003cbr\u003e**THE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**\n\u003cbr\u003e**NAMED AS BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES**\n\u003cbr\u003e**PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, AND THE I**\n\u003cbr\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE**\n\u003cbr\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, The Pretender is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue' Guardian\n\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, moving, filthy and original' The Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'So alive I felt Harkin might be a time traveller' Maggie Shipstead\n\u003cbr\u003e'I read it with the dedicated fervour of a kid discovering literature for the first time' Yael van der Wouden\n\u003cbr\u003e'The most enjoyable historical novel I've read in years' Spectator\n\u003cbr\u003e'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart' Sarah Waters\n\u003cbr\u003e'Like a Plantagenet Adrian Mole' Jenny Colgan\n\u003cbr\u003e'A rollicking account of a befuddled boy's pillar-to-post existence as a political pawn' New York Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'The real deal - nimble, vibrant, playful, and daring' Kiran Millwood Hargrave\n\u003cbr\u003e'Ambitious, mischievous and brilliantly written' Daily Mail\n\u003cbr\u003e'I blazed through full of wonder and admiration' Emma Stonex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jo Harkin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50223302050035,"sku":"9781526678362","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781526678362.jpg?v=1786089112","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-pretender-jo-harkin-9781526678362","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}