{"product_id":"9781526678355-the-pretender","title":"The Pretender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill the pretender. Do not let it be known that there was a pretender to kill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1480 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut history has other plans for John.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43302753370248,"sku":"9781526678355","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/the-pretender-9781526678355-989366.jpg?v=1739471222","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9781526678355-the-pretender","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}