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'A vivid, unusual story, and Johnson tells it well' Daily Telegraph. 'Unanimously impressed ... Praised its courage in portraying a less obvious protagonist than bigger and bloodier characters' The Oldie. 'This evocative life of Henry VI shows how betrayal and defeat drove him out of his wits ... An involving account of a still undersung saga' Daily Telegraph. 'Enthrallingly told ... [Lauren Johnson] gives us a convincing picture of Henry, a gentle man unsuited to his position, and of his bloody and brutal times ... The Shadow King is a scholarly work aimed at the common reader - and the common reader is richly rewarded' Wall Street Journal. 'A lively telling of a hapless reign' Strong Words. '[Lauren Johnson's] intention is to rediscover the man behind the myths and she has succeeded. Johnson has written a long, scrupulously researched book, but an eminently readable one' New Statesman. 'Johnson is to be commended for doing something different, putting [Henry VI] back where he belongs. It is Henry's character, scrupulously and sensitively drawn by Johnson, that did most to shape the extraordinary and dramatic events of his reign' The Times.

'A vivid, unusual story, and Johnson tells it well' * Daily Telegraph * 'Unanimously impressed ... Praised its courage in portraying a less obvious protagonist than bigger and bloodier characters' * The Oldie * 'This evocative life of Henry VI shows how betrayal and defeat drove him out of his wits ... An involving account of a still undersung saga' * Daily Telegraph * 'Enthrallingly told ... [Lauren Johnson] gives us a convincing picture of Henry, a gentle man unsuited to his position, and of his bloody and brutal times ... The Shadow King is a scholarly work aimed at the common reader - and the common reader is richly rewarded' * Wall Street Journal * 'A lively telling of a hapless reign' * Strong Words * '[Lauren Johnson's] intention is to rediscover the man behind the myths and she has succeeded. Johnson has written a long, scrupulously researched book, but an eminently readable one' * New Statesman * 'Johnson is to be commended for doing something different, putting [Henry VI] back where he belongs. It is Henry's character, scrupulously and sensitively drawn by Johnson, that did most to shape the extraordinary and dramatic events of his reign' * The Times *

'This evocative life of Henry VI shows how betrayal and defeat drove him out of his wits ... An involving account of a still undersung saga' Daily Telegraph. 'Enthrallingly told ... [Lauren Johnson] gives us a convincing picture of Henry, a gentle man unsuited to his position, and of his bloody and brutal times ... The Shadow King is a scholarly work aimed at the common reader - and the common reader is richly rewarded' Wall Street Journal. 'A lively telling of a hapless reign' Strong Words. '[Lauren Johnson's] intention is to rediscover the man behind the myths and she has succeeded. Johnson has written a long, scrupulously researched book, but an eminently readable one' New Statesman. 'Johnson is to be commended for doing something different, putting [Henry VI] back where he belongs. It is Henry's character, scrupulously and sensitively drawn by Johnson, that did most to shape the extraordinary and dramatic events of his reign' The Times.

Johnson is to be commended for doing something different, putting [Henry VI] back where he belongs. It is Henry's character, scrupulously and sensitively drawn by Johnson, that did most to shape the extraordinary and dramatic events of his reign * The Times * [Lauren Johnson's] intention is to rediscover the man behind the myths and she has succeeded. Johnson has written a long, scrupulously researched book, but an eminently readable one * New Statesman * A lively telling of a hapless reign * Strong Words * Enthrallingly told... [Lauren Johnson] gives us a convincing picture of Henry, a gentle man unsuited to his position, and of his bloody and brutal times... The Shadow King is a scholarly work aimed at the common reader - and the common reader is richly rewarded' * Wall Street Journal * This evocative life of Henry VI shows how betrayal and defeat drove him out of his wits... An involving account of a still undersung saga' * Daily Telegraph * Unanimously impressed... Praised its courage in portraying a less obvious protagonist than bigger and bloodier characters' * The Oldie * A vivid, unusual story, and Johnson tells it well * Daily Telegraph *

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Lauren Johnson is a historian and costumed interpreter with a first-class degree from Oxford University. She is the author of a novel, The Arrow of Sherwood (2013) and So Great a Prince (2016), a study of the accession of King Henry VIII. www.lauren-johnson.com

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