The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. The
third and final installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is
set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political
and religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a murderous
King. Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a masterful story
of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing on the tragic
figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the King, Ford
investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a political
atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting some of the
era's most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody
Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining
and undeniably human. Brought to the court of King Henry VIII by
her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose
family's fortunes had been in decline for some time, inadvertently
catches the eye of his majesty. Given a position as a lady in
waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed by the brutally
efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the
eyes of the King, who makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the
spotlight at the age of seventeen, she finds herself forced into an
impossible role as a public figure whose every move could enrage
her notoriously violent husband. Howard has traditionally been seen
as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For Ford,
however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a skill
for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard is a
woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature, but
instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. In The
Fifth Queen Crowned, he continues the story of Katharine in the
aftermath of Thomas Cromwell's demise. Now married to Henry VIII,
she finds herself increasingly powerless at court and fears
angering the King. Strong willed and eminently good, Katharine is
drawn into the controversy surrounding Nicholas Throckmorton, who
has been implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion and thrown in prison. As
the King grows tired of her willpower and jealous of her
relationship with Culpeper, her time as Queen grows increasingly
tenuous. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth
Queen Crowned is a classic work of British literature reimagined
for modern readers.
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