Henry VII: Winter King
MovieTitle | Henry VII: Winter King |
User score | 9 |
Release date | May 30, 2013 |
Genre | Documentary, History |
Director | Giulia Clark , Stuart Elliott |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Lion Television, BBC |
Run time | 59 min. |
Historian Thomas Penn reveals the secrets of founder of Britain’s great Tudor Dynasty - and his amazing trajectory to power. Two weeks after landing on the shores Wales in 1485 with a small band of mercenaries, Henry of Richmond defeats the notorious Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. He is crowned Henry VII and then begins a career of realpolitik, a charming exterior making a savage ambition. The War of the Roses, his wife Elizabeth of York, and the beginning of the Renaissance are all part of this incredible history, as are Henry’s obsessions with money and astonishing spy network.