- Publisher: Amberley
- Year: 2024
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 240x163mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9781398110472
- Product code: 541227
Son of Prophecy
The Rise of Henry Tudor
Nathen Amin New Hardback Illustrated
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Born and brought up in Wales, Henry VII was a stranger to the English when he became their ruler following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, but historians have downplayed this aspect of his biography. Amin explores three centuries of Welsh history to trace the accomplishments and misdeeds of Henry’s Tudor ancestors and to explain why he found support as the prophesied national messiah who would rescue Wales from servitude.
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As England's most celebrated royal dynasty, it's often overlooked that the Tudors have their origins in rural Wales, far from the urban centres of English power where they dared to become great. When Henry Tudor won the English crown by defeating Richard III in battle, he was a stranger to the people he now ruled, an 'unknown Welshman' in the words of his defeated foe. In his native Wales, however, Henry had long been championed as the Son of Prophecy, a foretold national messiah who would free his oppressed people from their lengthy misery. How had this remarkable situation come about?
In this lucid and riveting account, Nathen Amin deftly explores how one redoubtable Welsh family thrived during lean years of political chaos, national instability, and intergenerational bloodshed to leave behind a complex legacy that changed the face of England and Wales forever. It is a passionately told tale of treachery, cunning, love, and heartbreak. From Penmynydd to Bosworth, this is the enthralling, action-packed story of the Tudors, but not as you know it.
In this lucid and riveting account, Nathen Amin deftly explores how one redoubtable Welsh family thrived during lean years of political chaos, national instability, and intergenerational bloodshed to leave behind a complex legacy that changed the face of England and Wales forever. It is a passionately told tale of treachery, cunning, love, and heartbreak. From Penmynydd to Bosworth, this is the enthralling, action-packed story of the Tudors, but not as you know it.
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Born and brought up in Wales, Henry VII was a stranger to the English when he became their ruler following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, but historians have downplayed this aspect of his biography. Amin explores three centuries of Welsh history to trace the accomplishments and misdeeds of Henry’s Tudor ancestors and to explain why he found support as the prophesied national messiah who would rescue Wales from servitude.
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