Record Number |
827991 |
ISBN |
9781472227782 (paperback) |
Author |
Weir, Alison, 1951- author. |
Title |
Katheryn Howard : the tainted queen / Alison Weir. |
Publisher/Date |
London, England : Headline Review, 2020. |
©2020 |
Pagination etc. |
462 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Six Tudor queens 5 |
Summary Note |
A naive young woman at the mercy of her ambitious family. At just nineteen, Katheryn Howard is quick to trust and fall in love. She comes to court. She sings, she dances. She captures the heart of the King. Henry declares she is his rose without a thorn. But Katheryn has a past of which he knows nothing. It comes back increasingly to haunt her. For those who share her secrets are waiting in the shadows, whispering words of love... and blackmail. |
Subject - Name |
Catherine Howard, -- Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England,-1542 -- Fiction |
Subject |
Queens -- Fiction |
Courts and courtiers -- Fiction |
Extortion -- Fiction |
Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction |
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Fiction |
Biographical fiction. |
Historical fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F WEIR |