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Katheryn Howard The Tainted Queen is the latest book by bestselling author, Alison Weir, This tale is told through the eyes of Henry VIIIs fifth wife, in the third person and the past tense.


Daughter of the hapless Sir Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpepper, we first meet Katheryn at the age of seven.
Her childhood was marred, firstly by the death of her mother and then being sent away to be cared for by relatives.
By fifteen she was living in the home of her paternal stepgrandmother, It seemed discipline as well as moral conduct was lax and Katheryn soon fell under the spell of roguish young men considered unsuitable for someone of her aristocratic background.


Based on what was clearly a huge amount of painstaking research, Alison Weir lays before the reader a fictional account of what life could have been like for this diminutive, naïve and not overly academic girl.
The absence of a virtuous and loving role model after her halfsister, Isabel, married seemed to have a profound effect.
Katheryn believed that her conduct, whilst unbecoming for a virtuous young gentlewoman, would never come under scrutiny and perhaps that might have been the case, had it not been for the machinations of her ambitious relatives.


Katheryn catching the eye of the king was meticulously planned by those wishing to advance themselves and she becomes no more than a pawn in their craven desire to be close to the crown, with all the trappings of wealth and power that would come with it.


Weir paints a vivid picture of the court of King Henry and also incorporates the historic events which take place during Katheryns short tenure as Henrys queen.
We are given details of the minutiae of Katheryns life from her love of clothes and jewels to the interactions with her friends and ladiesinwaiting.


None of the main players in the real life drama of Katheryn Howard come out of this episode with any glory and Weirs tale reflects this.
Katheryn is a frivolous, vulnerable young woman, manipulated and seduced not only by unscrupulous men but by the thought of being queen.


We have a ratcheting up of tension as the queen realises she is now open to blackmail and fears for her future.
We know by the clever use of foreshadowing, that those who rise the highest have the farthest to fall, often paying with their lives.
As we see things only from Katheryns perspective, the accusations against her come almost out of the blue and she is unsure who has betrayed her.
We are spared the torture and execution of those accused of high treason but empathise with Katheryns anguish when she is made aware of their fate.


I had an advanced reading copy of this book so the family trees, which will appear in the final version, were not included but there is a helpful whoswho at the back along with authors notes.
Weir gives a sympathetic account of the short life and death of Katheryn Howard, which I enjoyed and I award five.
Ammetto l'ignoranza e vi dico che ho sempre saputo che Enrico VIII aveva avuto sei mogli, ma mica le conoscevo tutte! E voi le conoscete ognuna a menadito
Qui incontriamo Caterina ancora bambina che, dopo la morte della madre, a causa dei debiti contratti dal padre, vive in povertà nonostante il suo alto lignaggio.
Viene mandata così a Lambeth, ospite della vedova Norfolk, come era consuetudine allora, per i bambini nobili, Anni dopo Caterina diventa damigella di Anna di Kleve, la nuova moglie del re, Sotto la guida del duca di Norfolk, capisce di poter essere fondamentale per le alleanze politiche dell'Inghilterra, Non sarà però un compito semplice: dovrà trovare il modo di far divorziare sua maestà dalla moglie, farsi i coronare lei stessa e dare un erede maschio al re.
Questo compito è già andato male ad altre quattro mogli, . .
Essendo la quinta e sapendo che Enricone nostro ha avuto sei mogli potete ben immaginare come sia andata a finire la sua vita, ma intanto Caterina si è goduta è proprio il caso di dirlo i suoianni.
Bella, graziosa ed elegante, Caterina è un personaggio anche molto sfortunato, Infatti orfana di madre molto piccola, ha un padre che ha dissipato tutte le fortune, nonostante appartenga al casato prestigioso degli Howard.
Caterina purtroppo sarà regina solo per pochi mesi, perché verrà decapitata con l'accusa di adulterio non è spoiler, è storia,

Sempre scritto in maniera magistrale, come tutti gli altri libri, anche in questo testo, il palcoscenico è tutto per la protagonista femminile che da il nome al romanzo.
Di Enrico quasi non si parla, è assolutamente una figura di secondo piano, Sono come sempre magnifiche e impeccabili le descrizioni dei luoghi, degli abiti, dei pensieri e degli atteggiamenti della protagonista,
E come sempre ve lo stra consiglio! Katheryn Howard The Tainted Queen is the fifth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by British historian Alison Weir.
I've been following the series for years now and each book can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone.


We join Katheryn Howard at age seven inand follow her short life in a first person narrative all the way until her death in.
She falls in love with several men in her youth, and I desperately wanted Katheryn to be more discreet and discerning while at the same time recognising the folly of youth and the overwhelming urges of desire.


Katheryn's life unalterably changes when she's selected by family and powerful men driven by political aspirations to court King Henry VIII.
As we know, Katheryn goes on to become the King's fifth wife hence the fifth book in the series and I cringed when her past kept coming back to haunt her.
Despite knowing the outcome, I was still moved by her decline in Henry's favour and her ultimate execution,

I eagerly awaited the scene that takes place at Hampton Court Palace when Katheryn breaks free from her guards and runs down a corridor towards the Chapel Royal screaming for mercy from the King.
The scene in the book exceeded my every expectation and I felt a chill reading it, It is said the ghost of Katheryn Howard can be felt in this corridor and some visitors report feeling a chill or hearing screams.
The corridor is now known as the 'haunted gallery' and it was a highlight of my visit to Hampton Court Palace in.


This, together with my imagining Katheryn as portrayed by Tamzin Merchant in The Tudors series only added to my reading enjoyment.


Given Katheryn was justwhen she died, I wasn't expecting such a well rounded and 'full' novel, but I really shouldn't have been surprised.
In Alison Weir's expert hands, I was transported back to thes and given another chance to participate as an observer in the dramatic Tudor court.


I thoroughly enjoyed Katheryn Howard The Tainted Queen and recommend it to readers with an interest in the Tudor period even if you've read about the characters elsewhere.
There's only one more to come in this series Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife and there's no doubt it's going to be one of my most anticipated releases in.


Copy courtesy of Hachette Australia First, I would like to thank Edelweiss and Random House Publishing group Ballantine for the earc.
This has not influenced my opinion,

Katheryn Howard is, in my opinion, the least interesting wife of all Henrys wives, I was never really interested in her, but I was curious what Weir would do with her story, And surprisingly, this novel changed my opinion about her, Katheryn grew on me. Weir made sure that you understand Katheryn and the choices she made, although you may not agree with her, I started to like Katheryn,

Weir tells Katheryn Howards story from a young age: how her mother passed away early, how her father made bad decisions and treated her, how she moved between distant relatives and ends up with Agnes Howard, the grand duchess.
Katheryn is not the smartest girl, she is more interested in dance and music lessons than learning how to write English and how to speak French.
She is also so naïve! But she is also really sweet, so you cannot be angry with her, Kinda, like Henry himself.

Before I started this book, I was a little bit afraid that much would be repeated from the book of Anna of Kleve.
Luckily, this wasnt the case, Katheryn is such a different character than Anna, even some of the same scenes weve read in Anna of Kleve felt completely different.

I now have more compassion and understanding for this young women lets not forget that she was onlywhen she married Henry and he was,

who really didnt deserve her faith.


Weir has, as she does for every novel she writes, done a lot of research for Katheryn, Even though there isnt as much information available about Katheryn as with the other wives, she has done a great job in her portrait of Katheryn.
Weir also has such a nice writing style, The story reads so easily, I flew through it, Ive always read a little more than I was planning to,

Katheryn Howard: the scandalous queen was a great read, it even changed my opinion about Katheryn, It made me wonder what her life really would have been like! So I gave itstars,

Ps. How interesting would it be if Weir wrote a book from the perspective of Jane Parker, lady Rochford, because I loved how Weir portraited her in this book.

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