Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
All characters reduced
The Fifth Queen Trilogy - cover

The Fifth Queen Trilogy

Ford Madox

Publisher: Blackmore Dennett

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

This masterful performance of historical fiction centers on Katharine Howard--clever, beautiful, and outspoken--who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his fifth Queen. Corruption and fear pervade the King's court, and the dimly lit corridors vibrate with the intrigues of unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power. Soon Katharine is locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, as she fights for political and religious change.

Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding, and his sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII, echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people's lives.
Available since: 02/19/2019.

Other books that might interest you

  • Abbeychurch; Or Self-Control and Self-Conceit - cover

    Abbeychurch; Or Self-Control and...

    Charlotte M. Yonge

    • 0
    • 1
    • 0
    Charlotte M. Yonge was one of the most prodigious novelists of the 19th century, and though many of her books have long since gone out of print, some of her works are still read around the world today, including The Heir of Redclyffe, Heartsease and The Daisy Chain.
    Show book
  • Cold Comfort Farm - cover

    Cold Comfort Farm

    Stella Gibbons

    • 0
    • 1
    • 0
    When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm.
    Show book