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Russell, Gareth.
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Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1542
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Queens -- England -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Russell, Gareth.
Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1542
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Queens -- England -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Young
and
damned
and
fair
: the
life
of
Catherine
Howard
,
fifth
wife
of
King
Henry
VIII
/ Gareth Russell.
by
Russell, Gareth.
Simon & Schuster, [2016]
Call #:
942.052 C361r
Subjects
Catharine
Howard
, Queen, consort of
Henry
VIII
,
King
of England, d. 1542
Henry
VIII
,
King
of England, 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Queens -- England -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History --
Henry
VIII
, 1509-1547 -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501108631 (hc.)
9781501108648 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Young
,
damned
and
fair
: the
life
of
Catherine
Howard
,
fifth
wife
of
King
Henry
VIII
Life
of
Catherine
Howard
,
fifth
wife
of
King
Henry
VIII
Description:
xxiv, 436 pages, 8 unnumber pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogic table ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this interpretation of the tragic
life
of
Catherine
Howard
,
fifth
wife
of
Henry
VIII
, breaks new ground in our understanding of the very
young
woman who became queen at a time of unprecedented social and political tension and whose terrible errors in judgment quickly led her to the executioner's block. On the morning of July 28, 1540, as
King
Henry
's
VIII
's former confidante Thomas Cromwell was being led to his execution, a teenager named
Catherine
Howard
began her reign as queen of a country simmering with rebellion and terrifying uncertainty. Sixteen months later, the
king
's
fifth
wife
would follow her cousin Anne Boleyn to the scaffold, having been convicted of adultery and high treason. The broad outlines of
Catherine
's career might be familiar, but her story up until now has been incomplete. Unlike previous accounts of her
life
, which portray her as a naive victim of an ambitious family, this compelling and authoritative biography will shed new light on
Catherine
Howard
's rise and downfall by reexamining her motives and showing her in her context, a milieu that goes beyond her family and the influential men of the court to include the aristocrats and, most critically, the servants who surrounded her and who, in the end, conspired against her. By illuminating
Catherine
's entwined upstairs/downstairs worlds as well as societal tensions beyond the palace walls, the author offers a fascinating portrayal of court
life
in the sixteenth century and a fresh analysis of the forces beyond
Catherine
's control that led to her execution - from diplomatic pressure and international politics to the long-festering resentments against the queen's household at court. Including a forgotten text of
Catherine
's confession in her own words, color illustrations, family tree, map, and extensive notes,
Young
and
Damned
and
Fair
changes our understanding of one of history's most famous women while telling the compelling and very human story of complex individuals attempting to survive in a dangerous age.
Genre:
Biographies.
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