Nathen Amin

Nathen Amin is a Welsh historian and author from Carmarthenshire who specialises in fifteenth-century Britain, particularly the Wars of the Roses, the origins of the Tudor dynasty and the reign of Henry VII. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has become a regular speaker at museums, historical societies and festivals across Britain. His work is especially concerned with the Welsh origins of the Tudors and with the political uncertainty that continued after Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. Amin was also a founding member of the Henry Tudor Trust and has contributed to television, radio and historical publications.

His principal books include Tudor Wales (2014), which explores places and personalities connected with the Tudor dynasty in Wales, and The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown (2017), tracing the descendants of John of Gaunt whose dynastic fortunes ultimately produced Henry Tudor. Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck and Warwick (2021) examines the rebellions and rival claimants who threatened the new Tudor monarchy during Henry VII’s early reign. His most substantial treatment of Tudor origins is Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor (2024), which follows the Welsh Tudor family through the Wars of the Roses and explains how the relatively obscure exile Henry Tudor acquired supporters, invaded England and won the crown at Bosworth. Amin has also written York Pubs (2016), a local history of York’s historic public houses, and contributed the chapter on Henry VII to Kings & Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs.