{"product_id":"9781526676238","title":"Anita de Monte Laughs Last : A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick","description":"\u003cp\u003eWolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition**WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH****NAMED AS BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES****PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, AND THE I****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE****LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE**1483.   The English throne is in peril.   Peasant boy and pretender John Collan is faced with two options.   a) Become kingb) Die tryingWhat could possibly go wrong?Seething 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.   ________________________________________‘A bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue’ Guardian‘Funny, moving, filthy and original’ The Times‘So alive I felt Harkin might be a time traveller’ Maggie Shipstead‘I read it with the dedicated fervour of a kid discovering literature for the first time’ Yael van der Wouden‘The most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years’ Spectator‘Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart’ Sarah Waters‘Like a Plantagenet Adrian Mole’ Jenny Colgan‘A rollicking account of a befuddled boy’s pillar-to-post existence as a political pawn’ New York Times‘The real deal – nimble, vibrant, playful, and daring’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave‘Ambitious, mischievous and brilliantly written’ Daily Mail‘I blazed through full of wonder and admiration’ Emma Stonex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__accordion accordion quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdetails id=\"Details-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003csummary role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"summary__title\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003ch2 class=\"h4 accordion__title inline-richtext\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProduct Information\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csvg class=\"icon icon-caret\" viewbox=\"0 0 10 6\"\u003e\u003cpath fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708 0L5 4.293 1.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708.708l4 4a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l4-4a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/summary\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte\" id=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"metafield-multi_line_text_field\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo Harkin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDate of Publication:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePagination:\u003c\/b\u003e 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e N\/A\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eImprint:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublished By:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 197 x 130 x 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eISBN13\/EAN\/SKU:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526678362\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\u003c\/details\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jo Harkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45453455360244,"sku":"9781526676238","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781526676238_05474d51-47dd-4b4a-90fa-808d5eb40d60.jpg?v=1758359568","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.live\/products\/9781526676238","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}