The Welsh Dragon: A novel of Henry Tudor
by K.M. Butler
BiographicalAdded on March 6, 2026
Description
*** 2020 Chaucer Book Awards Long List *** England, AD 1471. The Wars of the Roses ravage England. After six months of turmoil, Yorkist King Edward IV has shattered his enemies and reclaimed his throne. As one of the last surviving Lancastrians, young Henry Tudor flees with his uncle Jasper to keep his head from adorning London Bridge beside his grandfather’s. He won’t return for fourteen long years.Blown by storms to Brittany, Henry is trapped between the king who hunts him and a duke who views him as leverage. Though his mother labors in England to restore his lands and titles, Henry is conflicted at the prospect of his restoration. Though a penniless exile, Henry enjoys contentment in the arms of a Breton widow and the satisfaction of a simple life.Henry only has a drop of bastard royal blood, but it’s enough to make the Yorkists plot his death. His survival may depend on embracing the very birthright that drove him into exile, even if it costs him his chance for happiness with his beloved. The path ahead is littered with tangled conspiracy, desperate escapes, and a Welsh dragon banner fluttering over a field named Bosworth."I highly recommend this well-written, insightful, action-filled novel. It's a compelling tale of loyalty, betrayal, and danger. The gripping events are vivid and full of the sights, sounds, smells, and textures of the time. The characters experience all the fears, surprise, and anxiety natural to people who—unlike us—do not know the outcome of events." Keira Morgan, author of the Chronicles of the House of Valois series
Reader Reviews
A story of Henry Tudor who defeated Richard III to become King Henry VII of England.It’s an unusual book in that it delves into the long periods of exile that Henry Tudor experienced as a man with a tenuous claim to the English throne. There’s little enough written about these times from his perspective, so it intrigued me. But Henry is given a characterization much at odds with many of the histories I’ve read, where he’s portrayed as grasping, miserly, and more than a bit paranoid. This Henry i
I enjoyed this book. The title is fitting as the banner he rode under was the dragon. Most of the books I have read were about everyone but Henry Tudor and his attempt to rally people on his behalf to oust the king that he saw as a tyrant and a lecher. This book held my attention and kept it through to the end. It takes me longer to read e-books or I would have posted a review sooner. I liked how the author occasionally put you in another character's head so you could see their perspective. The
The Welsh Dragon is a historical novel with a dash of romance, telling the tale of one of England’s most remarkable monarchs in the days before he came to rule.When our tale begins, Henry Tudor is a very young man, still in his teens, in the midst of that English civil conflict that we call the Wars of the Roses. His uncle – King Henry VI of England – has just been deposed and imprisoned by the House of York. The Lancastrian cause seems all but lost, and Henry is forced to flee England or face a
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