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Six Tudor queens volume 5
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"Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth wife, a nineteen-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series. In the spring of 1540, Henry VIII, desperate to be rid of his queen, Anna of Kleve, first sets eyes on the enchanting Katheryn Howard. Although the king is now an ailing forty-nine-year-old measuring fifty-four inches around his waist,...
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Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this interpretation of the tragic life of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, breaks new ground in our understanding of the very young woman who became queen at a time of unprecedented social and political tension and whose terrible errors in judgment quickly led her to the executioner's block.
On the morning of July 28, 1540, a teenager named Catherine Howard...
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From Suzannah Dunn, the critically acclaimed author of The Queen of Subtleties, The Sixth Wife and The Queen's Sorrow, comes the tragic, gripping, and intensely moving story of Katherine Howard-the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII-and the best friend she nearly took down with her. The Confession of Katherine Howard is masterful historical fiction, ideal for fans of Phillipa Gregory and Allison Weir, bringing to rich, lustrous life the sights...
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Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion, and much more.
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Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, beautiful Katherine Howard is sent to live with her grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. Left to run wild in her grandmother's household, Katherine has two ill-fated love affairs before her sixteenth birthday. When Katherine becomes a lady-in-waiting in the court of King Henry VIII, she catches the eye of the aging king, who is desperate for a male heir. She becomes Henry's fifth...
11) The king's rose
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Catharine Howard recounts the events in her life that led to her being groomed for marriage at the age of fifteen to King Henry VIII, her failure to produce an heir to the throne, and her quick execution.
12) Six: the musical
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Six is a modern retelling of the lives of the six women who married Henry VIII. The women are forming an all-girl pop group and are competing for the title of lead singer.
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