{"product_id":"9781526678362","title":"The Pretender : The Times Top Ten bestseller","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jo Harkin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 April 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 32mm | 368g\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNAMED AS BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, AND THE I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1483.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English throne is in peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeasant boy and pretender John Collan is faced with two options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea) Become king\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eb) Die trying\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeething with revenge and machination, sparkling with wit and humanity, and roaring with adventure and bravado, The Pretender is the captivating true story of a young man tossed into the chaos of history as it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Funny, moving, filthy and original’ The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘So alive I felt Harkin might be a time traveller’ Maggie Shipstead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I read it with the dedicated fervour of a kid discovering literature for the first time’ Yael van der Wouden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years’ Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart’ Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Like a Plantagenet Adrian Mole’ Jenny Colgan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A rollicking account of a befuddled boy’s pillar-to-post existence as a political pawn’ New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The real deal – nimble, vibrant, playful, and daring’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ambitious, mischievous and brilliantly written’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I blazed through full of wonder and admiration’ Emma Stonex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jo Harkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57691322876287,"sku":"9781526678362","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2132\/2623\/files\/9781526678362.jpg?v=1780664864","url":"https:\/\/berwynbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781526678362","provider":"The Berwyn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}