Henry VII

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The Boy Who Claimed A CrownLambert Simnel was born around 1477 and rose to infamy as a pretender to the English throne. Posing as Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Simnel’s claim shook the fragile rule...

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Bosworth Field: the pitched battle which saw one king cut down, and another one crowned, all before the day was out.

PEOPLE

As the daughter of Henry VIII and his mistress Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was born into infamy—but few people know her even darker history.

PEOPLE

Margaret Tudor is overshadowed by her infamous brother Henry VIII, but there was often little difference between her life and an episode of Game of Thrones.

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Born right in the middle of the Wars of the Roses, Princess Cecily of York’s life was like a bloody episode of Game of Thrones made all too real.

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The Tudors were some of the most compelling, powerful, and disturbing monarchs in history—and they began with an upstart nobody named Henry VII.



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