Alison Weir
Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen
Six Tudor Queens 5
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'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen,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 s…
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'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen,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, KATHERYN HOWARDTHE FIFTH OF HENRY'S QUEENS,HER STORY,Acclaimed, bestselling historian Alison Weir draws on extensive research to recount one of the most tragic tales in English history - that of a lively, sweet but neglected girl, used by powerful men for their own gain, History tells us she died too soon,This mesmerising novel brings her to life, PRAISE FOR THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES:'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' Guardian'Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else' Barbara Erskine'Well researched and engrossing' Good Housekeeping'Utterly gripping and endlessly surprising' Tracy Borman 'Hugely enjoyable , , , Alison Weir knows her subject and has a knack for the telling and textural detail' Daily Mail
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4722-2778-2
- EAN: 9781472227782
- Produktnummer: 31493404
- Verlag: Headline Book
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.4 cm x D4.3 cm 582 g
- Gewicht: 582
Über den Autor
Alison Weir is the top-selling female historian (and the fifth-bestselling historian overall) in the United Kingdom, and has sold over 3 million books worldwide. She has published nineteen history books, including her most recent non-fiction book, Queens of the Crusades, the second in her England's Medieval Queens quartet. Alison has also published several historical novels, including Innocent Traitor and The Lady Elizabeth. Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife is Alison Weir's eleventh published novel and the final book in the Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, which was launched in 2016 to great critical acclaim. All five previous novels in the series were Sunday Times bestsellers. Alison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.
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