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Young and Damned and Fair

2017-04-04 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2017-04-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Young and Damned and Fair by : Gareth Russell

Download or read book Young and Damned and Fair written by Gareth Russell. This book was released on 2017-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England July 1540: it is one of the hottest summers on record and the court of Henry VIII is embroiled, once again, in political scandal. Anne Cleves is out. Thomas Cromwell is to be executed and, in the countryside, an aristocratic teenager named Catherine Howard prepares to become fifth wife to the increasingly unpredictable monarch... In the five centuries since her death, Catherine Howard has been dismissed as 'a wanton', 'inconsequential' or a naive victim of her ambitious family, but the story of her rise and fall offers not only a terrifying and compelling story of an attractive, vivacious young woman thrown onto the shores of history thanks to a king's infatuation, but an intense portrait of Tudor monarchy in microcosm: how royal favour was won, granted, exercised, displayed, celebrated and, at last, betrayed and lost. The story of Catherine Howard is both a very dark fairy tale and a gripping political scandal.

Katherine Howard

2016-04-07 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2016-04-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 283/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Katherine Howard by : Josephine Wilkinson

Download or read book Katherine Howard written by Josephine Wilkinson. This book was released on 2016-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

Tudor Roses

2017-02-15 Crafts & Hobbies
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Release : 2017-02-15
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
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Book Synopsis Tudor Roses by : Alice Starmore

Download or read book Tudor Roses written by Alice Starmore. This book was released on 2017-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Tudor Roses presents new and reimagined garments based on the original Tudor Roses published in 1998. Alice Starmore looks to historical female figures of the Tudor Dynasty as inspiration for her stunning knitwear, and her modernization of traditional Fair Isle and Aran patterns has created a sensation in the knitting world. Through garment design, Starmore and her daughter Jade tell the stories of fourteen women connected with the Tudor dynasty. They weave a narrative around the known facts of their subjects' lives using photography, art, and the only medium through which the Tudor women could leave a lasting physical record in their world — needlework. Tudor Roses includes fourteen patterns for sweaters and other wearables that follow the chronological order of the Tudor dynasty. A different model portrays each of the Tudor women, from Elizabeth Woodville, grandmother of Henry VIII, through Mary, Queen of Scots. The stunning design and photography appeals to knitters seeking designs that offer an attractive balance of historic and modern elements.

The Catherine Howard Conspiracy

2019 Historical fiction
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Release : 2019
Genre : Historical fiction
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Book Synopsis The Catherine Howard Conspiracy by : Alexandra Walsh

Download or read book The Catherine Howard Conspiracy written by Alexandra Walsh. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A time shift thriller that will have you completely gripped! What secrets were covered up at the court of Henry VIII ...? Whitehall Palace, England, 1539. When Catherine Howard arrives at the court of King Henry VIII to be a maid of honor in the household of the new queen, Anne of Cleves, she has no idea of the fate that awaits her. Catching the king’s fancy, she finds herself caught up in her uncle’s ambition to get a Howard heir to the throne. Terrified by the ageing king after the fate that befell her cousin, Anne Boleyn, Catherine begins to fear for her life. THE CATHERINE HOWARD CONSPIRACY is the first book in the Marquess House trilogy, a dual timeline conspiracy thriller with an ingenious twist on a well-known period of Tudor history.

Catherine Howard

2009-01-15 History
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Release : 2009-01-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Catherine Howard by : Lacey Baldwin-Smith

Download or read book Catherine Howard written by Lacey Baldwin-Smith. This book was released on 2009-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Henry VIII's fifth wife, beheaded for playing Henry at his own game - adultery.

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