| Description |
xvi, 607 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Vintage classics |
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Vintage classics.
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| Contents |
The fifth queen -- Privy seal -- The fifth queen crowned |
| Summary |
"Kat Howard--intelligent, beautiful, naively outspoken, and passionately idealistic--catches the eye of Henry VIII and improbably becomes his fifth wife. A teenager who has grown up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. It is a time of great upheaval, as unscrupulous courtiers maneuver for power while religious fanatics--both Protestant and Catholic--fight bitterly for their competing beliefs. Soon Katharine is drawn into a perilous showdown with Thomas Cromwell, the much-feared Lord Privy Seal, as her growing influence over the King begins to threaten too many powerful interests."--P. [4] of cover |
| Notes |
"A novel of the court of Henry VIII" -- Cover |
| Subject |
Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542 -- Fiction.
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Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 -- Fiction.
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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Fiction.
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| Author |
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-
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| LC no. |
2011023521 |
| ISBN |
9780307744913 (paperback) |
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