The Pretender

The PretenderA sweeping historical novel in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Maggie OFarrell set during the time of the Tudors ascent. The Pretender tells the story of Lambert Simnel, who was raised in obscurity as a peasant boy to protect his safety, believed to be the heir to the throne occupied by Richard III, and briefly crowned, at the age of ten, as King Edward VI, one of the last of the Plantagenets. In 1480 John Collans greatest anxiety is how to circumvent

visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s Iliad as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee

women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand

”—The Denver Post

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A visual adventure of Wes Anderson proportions

and finally coming home

Through the years

Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood

Scaachi’s marriage fell apart

from generation to generation

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Passionately argued

“a love letter to the scorching power of language” (The Guardian)