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The Resource Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel, Alison Weir

Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel, Alison Weir

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"Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue that threatens the very throne of England. Having sent his much-beloved but deceitful young wife Katheryn Howard to her beheading, King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on a more mature woman, thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr. She, however, is in love with Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the late Queen Jane. Aware of his rival, Henry sends him abroad, leaving Katharine no choice but to become Henry's sixth queen in 1543. The king is no longer in any condition to father a child, but Katharine is content to mother his three children, Mary, Elizabeth, and the longed-for male heir, Edward. Four years into the marriage, Henry dies, leaving England's throne to nine-year-old Edward--a puppet in the hands of ruthlessly ambitious royal courtiers--and Katharine's life takes a more complicated turn. Thrilled at this renewed opportunity to wed her first love, Katharine doesn't realize that Sir Thomas now sees her as a mere stepping stone to the throne, his eye actually set on bedding and wedding fourteen-year-old Elizabeth. The princess is innocently flattered by his attentions, allowing him into her bedroom, to the shock of her household. The result is a tangled tale of love and a struggle for power, bringing to a close the dramatic and violent reign of Henry VIII"--
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
521 pages
Isbn
9781101966631
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Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel
Title
Katharine Parr, the sixth wife
Title remainder
a novel
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Alison Weir
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue that threatens the very throne of England. Having sent his much-beloved but deceitful young wife Katheryn Howard to her beheading, King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on a more mature woman, thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr. She, however, is in love with Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the late Queen Jane. Aware of his rival, Henry sends him abroad, leaving Katharine no choice but to become Henry's sixth queen in 1543. The king is no longer in any condition to father a child, but Katharine is content to mother his three children, Mary, Elizabeth, and the longed-for male heir, Edward. Four years into the marriage, Henry dies, leaving England's throne to nine-year-old Edward--a puppet in the hands of ruthlessly ambitious royal courtiers--and Katharine's life takes a more complicated turn. Thrilled at this renewed opportunity to wed her first love, Katharine doesn't realize that Sir Thomas now sees her as a mere stepping stone to the throne, his eye actually set on bedding and wedding fourteen-year-old Elizabeth. The princess is innocently flattered by his attentions, allowing him into her bedroom, to the shock of her household. The result is a tangled tale of love and a struggle for power, bringing to a close the dramatic and violent reign of Henry VIII"--
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1951-
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Weir, Alison
Dewey number
823/.92
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6123.E36
LC item number
K36 2021
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
Six Tudor queens
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  • Catharine Parr
  • Queens
  • England
  • Great Britain
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Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel, Alison Weir
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
on1247377265
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
521 pages
Isbn
9781101966631
Lccn
2020057085
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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(OCoLC)1247377265
Label
Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel, Alison Weir
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1247377265
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
521 pages
Isbn
9781101966631
Lccn
2020057085
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1247377265

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