Henry

Name: Henry
Rating: 4.34 (2310 reviews)

by Tony Riches Book 3 in the The Tudor Trilogy series.

First published 2017

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Henry Tudor returns from exile with a narrow claim, a small invading force and the knowledge that defeat will probably mean death. Victory over Richard III at Bosworth gives him the crown as Henry VII, but conquest does not settle England. He must secure recognition, reward supporters without empowering new rivals and fulfil the politically crucial promise to marry Elizabeth of York. Their union is intended to bind Lancastrian and Yorkist legitimacy together, yet rebellions and pretenders repeatedly test the settlement.

The novel follows Henry from the Battle of Bosworth into the work of early Tudor consolidation. Margaret Beaufort remains a powerful family presence, while Elizabeth of York becomes essential to dynastic stability and the production of heirs. Challenges associated with figures such as Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck expose how vulnerable a new regime could be when the Wars of the Roses were still within living memory. Riches portrays Henry VII’s reign as the difficult transformation of a battlefield victory into a durable monarchy.