Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story Of Henry Viii's Fifth Queen
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Few lives in Tudor history are as heartbreaking as that of Katherine Howard, the teenage bride who captured the ageing Henry VIII's affections only to be destroyed by the court intrigues and her own past. Josephine Wilkinson chronicles the brief, tumultuous life of England's fifth queen consort — from her impoverished childhood in the overcrowded household of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, through her dazzling but precarious rise to the throne, to her execution at the Tower of London at barely seventeen years of age. Drawing on primary sources and meticulous historical research, Wilkinson presents a portrait of a young woman not as a frivolous flirt but as a vulnerable girl failed by the adults around her, caught in a web of power, desire, and political survival. Wilkinson's narrative is as compassionate as it is authoritative, restoring to Katherine Howard the full humanity so often denied her by history — and leaving the reader to wonder what might have become of her had she been born into a different age.
Author: Josephine Wilkinson
Format: Paperback
Published: 2017, John Murray
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
Few lives in Tudor history are as heartbreaking as that of Katherine Howard, the teenage bride who captured the ageing Henry VIII's affections only to be destroyed by the court intrigues and her own past. Josephine Wilkinson chronicles the brief, tumultuous life of England's fifth queen consort — from her impoverished childhood in the overcrowded household of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, through her dazzling but precarious rise to the throne, to her execution at the Tower of London at barely seventeen years of age. Drawing on primary sources and meticulous historical research, Wilkinson presents a portrait of a young woman not as a frivolous flirt but as a vulnerable girl failed by the adults around her, caught in a web of power, desire, and political survival. Wilkinson's narrative is as compassionate as it is authoritative, restoring to Katherine Howard the full humanity so often denied her by history — and leaving the reader to wonder what might have become of her had she been born into a different age.