Ben McCluskey
@benmccluskey.bsky.social
Senior Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury Books 📚
London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards shortlistee.
All views my own etc. He/Him
London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards shortlistee.
All views my own etc. He/Him
Reviews are in and The Pretender is coming for the crown!
👑The times: 'frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year'
🌹The Guardian: 'a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue'
⚔️The Spectator: 'the most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
👑The times: 'frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year'
🌹The Guardian: 'a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue'
⚔️The Spectator: 'the most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
The Pretender by Jo Harkin review – a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue
This fantasia on the life of Lambert Simnel, who finds himself a claimant to the English throne, is a romp through late-medieval identity and historical uncertainty
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Reviews are in and The Pretender is coming for the crown!
👑The times: 'frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year'
🌹The Guardian: 'a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue'
⚔️The Spectator: 'the most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
👑The times: 'frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year'
🌹The Guardian: 'a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue'
⚔️The Spectator: 'the most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...