Thistle and the Rose Kids / Indigenous growing up in a world

growing up in a world where their friendships

In thrilling prose that is part Joyce

and Osaka was the centre of commerce

From the bustling streets of Shinjuku to the hidden corners of Ueno

It includes newly conceived artworks inspired by Kew’s archives

Thistle and the Rose Kids / Indigenous growing up in a worldMargaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice her age, she would learn the skills of statecraft that would enable her to survive his early death, and to construct a powerful position in her adopted country of Scotland as she dealt with domestic