The Taming of the Queen
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00XWSLR8Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 405 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Why would a woman marry a serial killer?Because she cannot refuse.Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him. But she cannot save the Protestants, under threat for their faith, and Henry's dangerous gaze turns on her. From an author who has described all of Henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power, and education at the court of a medieval killer.. But is this enough to keep her safe? A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own. The traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire, and the king's name is on the warrant. By the number-one New York Times best-selling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen, a riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII's sixth wife, Kateryn Parr, the first English queen to publish under her own name. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous q
Kirsten said Queen, regent, writer, stepmother, survivor - the extraordinary achievements of Kateryn, last wife of Henry VIII. In this latest chapter in the Tudor saga, glorious King Henry has receded into a bloated tyrannical child-king, fretfully trying to make sense of his marital history while his latest wife acts as his nurse. The story is narrated by Kateryn Parr, who sets aside her own hopes for marriage with her lover, to become Henry's last queen. While Gregory can only speculate about the thoughts and motives of these colourful historical characters, she does it superbly within a carefully researched hi. Philippa Gregory does it again with another gripping story and perspective on the Tudor Court. The story focussing on and told from Kateryn Parr’s perspective leaps into action from the first pages. In keeping with most interpretations Henry the VIII is portrayed as a monster. The story opens with Henry’s proposal and expectation that Kateryn, a 30 year old widow and already passionately in love with Thomas Seymour will marry him. Torn between following her heart and duty to her king and her family, she identifies herself as shrewd and intelligent. As a future Queen her. "A different look at the scholar, nurse-maid and final wife to Henry VIII" according to Dan & Stacey. As the sixth and final wife of Henry the 8th, Kateryn Parr has been remembered in history as an intellectual woman and the final wife of Henry the 8th, more of a nurse-maid to the old corpulent king than a true romantic marriage. She was in love with Thomas Seymour before Henry decreed she be his wife, and bore her duty faithfully and with grace. But Philippa Gregory does an amazing job of taking the historical woman and looking at her through a new perspective. By this time in his life,