1470 Le recenti tensioni tra re Edoardo e il suo grande alleato, il conte di Warwick, sono state dimenticate in questi ultimi mesi, ma anche se l'inverno stringe la sua morsa sulla terra, la pace viene infranta da un feroce attacco a uno degli alleati del re. Segreti sepolti da tempo vengono riportati in superficie e Thomas e Katherine devono finalmente decidere a chi affidare la propria lealtà e scegliere tra combattere o fuggire, sapendo che entrambe le scelte avranno un prezzo terribile. Da Lincoln a Bruges, da Barnet alla grande battaglia di Tewkesbury, entrambi devono fare la loro parte in una delle guerre più selvagge della storia. Le guerre delle due rose. ''Dovrebbe essere una lettura obbligatoria per gli appassionati di narrativa storica'' The Times ''Toby Clements ci riesce di nuovo con un altro libro potente: emozionante e colto, coinvolgente, appassionato, profondamente commovente e pieno di dettagli storici del tipo che mi riempie di soggezione per la forza d'animo dei nostri antenati e tuttavia mi rende così felice di vivere nella sicurezza del ventunesimo secolo. Questa sarà una delle serie stellari della nostra generazione, che ridefinirà quel periodo della storia che pensiamo di conoscere e che scopriamo di non conoscere. Bravo. ' Manda Scott 'Un risultato importante nella narrativa storica' Historia Magazine 'Clements è così convincente nei dettagli delle vite dei suoi personaggi che è difficile credere che non abbia mai camminato nel mondo brutale e disordinato che evoca sulla pagina' The Times 'La serie Kingmaker di Toby Clements è narrativa storica al suo meglio, e Kingdom Come è il migliore di tutti.' William Ryan.
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Toby Clements was inspired to write the Kingmaker series having first become obsessed by the Wars of the Roses after a school trip to Tewkesbury Abbey, on the steps of which the Lancastrian claim to the English throne was extinguished in a welter of blood in 1471.
Since then he has read everything he can get his hands on and spent long weekends at re-enactment fairs. He has learned to use the longbow and how to fight with the poll axe, how to start a fire with a flint and steel and a shred of baked linen. He has even helped tan a piece of leather (a disgusting experience involving lots of urine and dog faeces). Little by little he became less interested in the dealings of the high and mighty, however colourful and amazing they might have been, and more fascinated by the common folk of the 15th Century: how they lived, loved, fought and died. How tough they were, how resourceful, resilient and clever. As much as anything this book is a hymn to them.
He lives in London with his wife and three children.
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