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Katherine Howard - The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen (Paperback)
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Katherine Howard - The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen (Paperback)
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Loot Price R299
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'An impressive revisionist biography' The Times Looming out of the
encroaching darkness of the February evening was London Bridge,
still ornamented with the severed heads of Thomas Culpeper and
Francis Dereham; the terrible price they had paid for suspected
intimacy with the queen. Katherine now reached the Tower of London,
her final destination. Katherine Howard was the fifth wife of Henry
VIII and cousin to the executed Anne Boleyn. She first came to
court as a young girl of fourteen, but even prior to that her fate
had been sealed and she was doomed to die. She was beheaded in 1542
for crimes of adultery and treason, in one of the most sensational
scandals of the Tudor age. The traditional story of Henry VIII's
fifth queen dwells on her sexual exploits before she married the
king, and her execution is seen as her just dessert for having led
an abominable life. However, the true story of Katherine Howard
could not be more different. Far from being a dark tale of court
factionalism and conspiracy, Katherine's story is one of child
abuse, family ambition, religious conflict and political and sexual
intrigue. It is also a tragic love story. A bright, kind and
intelligent young woman, Katherine was fond of clothes and dancing,
yet she also had a strong sense of duty and tried to be a good wife
to Henry. She handled herself with grace and queenly dignity to the
end, even as the barge carrying her on her final journey drew up at
the Tower of London, where she was to be executed for high treason.
Little more than a child in a man's world, she was the tragic
victim of those who held positions of authority over her, and from
whose influence she was never able to escape.
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