JO HARKIN The Pretender. Reviewed by Ann Skea

JO HARKIN The Pretender. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Jo Harkin’s novel is a fresh and rollicking take on the mystery of fifteenth-century pretender to the English throne, Lambert Simnel. Perhaps the best part of John’s life (and the funniest) is when he is still ‘a small village boy’, ‘short of words’ but full of...