Kateryn
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kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a yearbut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her ownkateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusebut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentthe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantbut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on herfrom an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killer
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It tells the story of kateryn parr, the last wife of henry viii of englandcollection onlythe taming of the queen is a historical novelby british author philippa gregory, published on 13 august
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