REVIEW BY MAGGIE PERKOVIC ON SHOW 17TH JUNE.
SHE WAS THE 6TH AND LAST WIFE OF HENRY THE V111, OUTLIVED HIM AND MARRIED HER TRUE LOVE THOMAS SEYMOUR ONLY TO DIE IN CHILDBIRTH A SHORT WHILE AFTER THE BIRTH.
THIS BOOK SHOWS JUST HOW INTERESTING HER LIFE WAS, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER HER MARRIAGE TO HENRY V111.
PROPERTY WAS THE CHIEF REASON FOR MARRIAGES IN THE 16TH CENTURY AND SHE WAS WED AND WIDOWED TWICE BEFORE HER MARRIAGE TO THE KING. ALTHOUGH THOMAS SEYMOUR WAS HER FIRST CHOICE, BECOMING THE QUEEN ENABLED HER TO REWARD HER CLOSE FAMILY BROTHER AND RELATIONS AS THE KING WAS GENEROUS TO THOSE HE FELT SERVED HIM WELL AND AFTER HIS DISASTROUS MARRIAGE TO POOR PRETTY KATHERINE HOWARD, HE NEEDED AN INTELLIGENT AND WELL BORN LADY LIKE KATHERINE PARR.
SHE WAS ONLY 30 WHEN SHE MARRIED HENRY, BEAUTIFUL, PASSIONATE, RADICAL AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, THERE WAS EVEN A MOMENT WHEN SHE NEARLY BECAME THE 3RD OF HENRY’S WIVES TO LOSE HER HEAD AND ONLY HER OWN QUICK WITS AND THE OLD KINGS AFFECTION SAVED HER.
A GOOD STEPMOTHER FIRSTLY TO HER FIRST 2 HUSBANDS CHILDREN AND LATTERLY TO THE KINGS TRIO SHE ENDEARED HERSELF TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. SADLY OF THE THREE ELIZABETH WAS RUMOURED TO HAVE HAD A FLIRTATION WITH THOMAS SEYMOUR WHOM SHE HAD MARRIED AFTER HENRY’S DEATH. CORRECTLY OR NOT, KATHERINE HAD TO SEND THE CHILD AWAY FROM HER PROTECTION AND ONE OFTEN WONDERS IF THE IMPRESSIONABLE TEENAGER, REMEMBERED LONG AFTER SHE WaS THE QUEEN, NEVER TO TRUST AGAIN.
THIS IS WELL WRITTEN AND WELL RESEARCHED. YOU LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF KATHERINE, EVEN TO THE FACT THAT SHE FILLED HER CHAMBER WITH SWEET SMELLING POSIES AND THE LIKE, WHETHER TO PLEASE HERSELF OR TO MASK HENRY’S ULCERATED LEG WHICH WAS LIKELY TO BE RATHER ODOROUS, WE DO NOT KNOW BUT I CAN RECOMMEND IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
REVIEW BY MAGGIE
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