Courageous, attractive, romantic, intelligent, Catherine Parr became the sixth wife of Henry VIII. Her story, as Carolly Erickson re-creates it, is page-turning drama: from the splendors of the Field of the Cloth of Gold to the gory last years of the outsize King Henry, when heads rolled and England
The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A Novel
β Scribed by Erickson, Carolly
- Book ID
- 108614385
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780312352189
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β¦ Synopsis
From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a powerful new novel about Catherine Parr, The Last Wife of Henry VIII.
The least known of Henry VIIIβs six wives was the cleverest of them all. Alluring, witty, and resourceful, she attracted the kingβs lust and, though much in love with the handsome Thomas Seymour, was thrown into the intrigue-filled snakepit of the royal court. While victims of the kingβs wrath suffered torture and execution, Catherine withstood the onslaught, even when Henry sought to replace her with wife number seven. She survived her royal husband, and found happiness with Seymour---but it was shadowed by rivalry with the young Princess Elizabeth, whose affection Seymour coveted. Catherine won the contest, but at great cost.
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