Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII

by Linda Porter

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The general perception of Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, is that she was a provincial nobody with intellectual pretensions who became queen of England because the king needed a matronly consort to nurse him as his health declined. In the various studies of the six wives of Henry VIII she receives much less attention than Katherine of Aragon or Anne Boleyn. Her main achievement, in the famous rhyme about Henry's six wives, is that she 'survived'. Yet the real Katherine Parr was attractive, passionate (she had a mighty temper when aroused) ambitious and highly...Read more
  • ISBN10 1429918306
  • ISBN13 9781429918305
  • Publish Date 23 November 2010 (first published 19 March 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint St. Martin's Press
  • Format eBook
  • Language English