Rebellion
  • Published: 23 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241966709
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $26.00
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Rebellion

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13 Aug 2015
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A captivating new novel continuing the dramatic story of Margaret Beaufort, the woman who gave birth to the Tudor dynasty

Using original documents and extracts from medieval chronicles, this novel tells the story of the rise of the Tudor dynasty, from Lancastrian defeat at the battle of Towton, to Henry Tudor's victory at Bosworth Field. It is also the story of Margaret Beaufort, who as history progresses moves from being a peripheral figure, dominated by political power games, to a key player. Separated from her son in his infancy, she takes increasingly dangerous steps to get him back - ultimately orchestrating a series of rebellions against Richard III, and becoming implicated in the deaths of the Princes in the Tower. Devoted mother, or ruthless and dangerous manipulator? This book presents the evidence of the time.
  • Published: 23 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241966709
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the authors

Michael Livi

Date: 2013-08-06
Livi Michael has writtten two previous novels: Under a Thin Moon, which won the Arthur Welton Award in 1992, and Their Angel Reach, which won the 1995 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Society of Authors Award, and was shortlisted for the John Steinbeck and John Llewellyn Rhys Awards. She lives in Lancashire with the poet Ian Pople and their two sons.

Livi Michael has published four novels for adults: Under a Thin Moon which won the Arthur Welton award in 1992, Their Angel Reach which won the Faber prize in 1995, All the Dark Air (1997) which was short-listed for the Mind Award, and Inheritance, which won a Society of Authors award. Livi has two sons and lives in Greater Manchester. She teaches literature part-time at the Manchester Metropolitan University and has been a senior lecturer in creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.

Praise for Rebellion

Fine, taut writing . . . packs an emotional punch.

The Times

A gripping read full of historical detail

Woman Magazine

Praise for Succession:

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Livi Michael invests intimate and poignant humanity into the personal tragedies of an era wrought with conflict and terror

Elizabeth Fremantle, author of The Queen's Gambit

Has the colour and power of the best of the chronicles

Sunday Times

Lively . . . Michael paints the Middle Ages in spare and elegant prose

New York Times Book Review

Portrayed beautifully, honestly

Historical Novel Review