Inspired by an actual historical figure, “The Pretender” opens in 1483 with a 9-year-old boy named John. He’s the son of wealthy farmer Will Collan, whose prosperity comes f ...

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Rereading the epic in January, I found that the quarrelsome and dysfunctional principals had become an oddly familiar cast of ...