{"product_id":"katheryn-howard-the-scandalous-queen-9781101966624","title":"Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sumptuous novel in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Alison Weir's Six Tudor Queens series--\"a vivid re-creation of a Tudor tragedy\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)--details the life of nineteen-year-old Katheryn Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth wife.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Absolutely stunning . . . Katheryn emerges from this beautifully realized portrayal as beguiling, vivacious, and, in the end, tragically naïve.\"--Tracy Borman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of the Tudors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDivorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, \u003cb\u003eBeheaded\u003c\/b\u003e, Survived\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1540, Henry VIII is desperate to be rid of his German queen, Anna of Kleve. Prematurely aged and with an ever-growing waistline, he casts an amorous eye on a pretty nineteen-year-old, Katheryn Howard. Like her cousin Anne Boleyn, Katheryn is a niece of the Duke of Norfolk, England's premier Catholic peer, who is scheming to replace Anna of Kleve with a good Catholic queen. A flirtatious, eager participant in the life of the royal court, Katheryn readily succumbs to the king's attentions when she is pushed into his path by her ambitious family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry quickly becomes besotted, and the wedding takes place a mere fortnight after the king's union to Anna is annulled. Henry tells the world that his new bride is a rose without a thorn and extols her virtue, while Katheryn delights in the pleasures of being queen and the rich gifts her adoring husband showers upon her: the gowns, the jewels, and the darling lapdogs. She comes to love the ailing, obese king, enduring his nightly embraces with fortitude and kindness. If she can bear him a son, her triumph will be complete. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Katheryn has a past of which Henry knows nothing, and which comes back to haunt her--even as she courts danger yet again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9692772\"\u003eAlison Weir\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101966624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101966629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014030\"\u003eHistorical | Renaissance\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC041000\"\u003eBiographical \u0026amp; Autofiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Weir\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAnna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen; Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession; Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen; The Marriage Game; A Dangerous Inheritance; Captive Queen; The Lady Elizabeth;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInnocent Traitor, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous historical biographies, including \u003ci\u003eQueens of the Conquest, The Lost Tudor Princess, Elizabeth of York, Mary Boleyn, The Lady in the Tower, Mistress of the Monarchy, Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Life of Elizabeth I, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Six Wives of Henry VIII.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Surrey, England, with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462417133805,"sku":"9781101966624","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_6de662c9-7cc7-4f9c-a589-c5a97c7ef3c0.jpg?v=1753702116","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/katheryn-howard-the-scandalous-queen-9781101966624","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}