The Dogear

The Pretender

by Jo Harkin

2025 · historical fiction

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Set in 6 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Dublin · Ireland
    crowned King Edward
    ★ primary
  • Oxfordshire · United Kingdom
    John Collan's farm village
  • Oxford · United Kingdom
    schooled as royalty
  • Mechelen · Belgium
    Margaret's Burgundian court
  • East Stoke · United Kingdom
    Battle of Stoke Field
  • London · United Kingdom
    Henry VII's court

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