Wolf Hall meets Demon Copperhead in a sharply ambitious, brilliantly imagined and hugely entertaining story of intrigue, deceit, revenge and ambition'A vivid, transporting feat of imagination' Maggie Shipstead'Witty, poignant, wildly engaging, and with a huge heart - I loved it' Sarah Waters'Brilliantly buoyant, clever, funny, original, vivid, witty' Joanna Quinn'The Pretender has everything: