THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY ‘The third in the trilogy of the early Tudors, this is the first biography of Owen Tudor, who died fighting alongside his son Jasper at Mortimer’s Cross. Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur’s father Maredudd and uncles Rhys and Gwilym actually started the Glyndwr War of Independence (1400-1416), and the family estates were confiscated, yet Owain somehow married the widow of Henry V, his sons became the premier earls in England, fighting for Owen’s stepson Richard II. Breverton discovered that Owen also served Richard II in the 100 Years War before being executed.’ (Breverton) also covers the ancestry of Owen, along with that of the woman with whom he would become forever associated, Katherine of Valois. The book is particularly interesting in that it is often written from a Welsh perspective by a Welsh author.’  ‘An accomplished effort to conclude Breverton’s Tudor biographical trilogy.’ (Also in paperback 286pp 2019)