Dickon's Tudor Christmas Carol

It's Christmas Eve. Henry VII lies abed, after a hard day counting money ...After bedtime visits from "Mummy" Beaufort, and bidding a fond goodnight to Groat - his pet monkey- Henry's plans for another frugal Christmas and a 'taxing' New Year go awry when he is visited in the night by four spirits demanding he change his ways. First is the ghost of William Stanley, minus a head. Second, Richard III, whom Henry defeated at Bosworth, demanding he stops slandering his reputation. Next, 'the pretender' Perkin Warbeck, confusing him and making him doubt...and, last of all, a strangely familiar, rotund hooded figure whose presence shakes Henry to the core.Will the Queen ever get rid of the tin buckles on her shoes? - Will Henry find redemption and stick Morton's Fork somewhere Morton has never dreamed of?A familiar Yuletide story retold as a humorous Tudor era spoof ; offering japes, jests, mayhem, monkeys, and porky princes... ...

• | Author: Hesper Huffam
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Dec 07, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 32 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1519097425
• | ISBN-13: 9781519097422