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Headline Publishing Group 8/6/2020 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 1472227778, ISBN13: 9781472227775, [publisher: Headline Review / Headline Publishing Grroup, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, 'Signed by the Author Exclusive Edition' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (£20.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 464pp, illustrated endpapers. In the spring of 1540, Henry VIII is desperate to be rid of his unappealing German queen, Anna of Cleves. A prematurely aged and ailing forty nine, with an ever-growing waistline, he casts an amorous eye on a pretty nineteen yea old brunette 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 Cleves 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 intentionally pushed into his path by her ambitious family. Henry quickly becomes besotted and is soon laying siege to Katheryn's virtue. But as instructed by her relations, she holds out for marriage and the wedding takes place a mere fortnight after the King's union to Anna is annulled. Henry tells the world ...
ISBN10: 1472227778, ISBN13: 9781472227775, [publisher: Headline Publishing Group, London] Hardcover Hardcover. 'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The Times Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen.'With characteristic verve and stunning period detail, this novel will captivate you and break your heart. Utterly sublime' TRACY BORMAN'Conveys the heart-rending pathos of a young woman executed, whose only real crime was her naivete and her desire to be loved. It is a profoundly moving story that lingers long after the last page is turned' ELIZABETH FREEMANTLE'Alison's sensitively drawn novel will change everyone's preconceptions' SUSAN RONALD.A NAIVE YOUNG WOMAN AT THE MERCY OF HER AMBITIOUS FAMILY.At just nineteen, Katheryn Howard is quick to trust and fall in love.She comes to court. She sings, she dances. She captures the heart of the King. Henry declares she is his rose without a thorn. But Katheryn has a past of which he knows nothing. It comes back increasingly to haunt her. For those who share her secrets are waiting in the shadows, whispering words of love. and blackmail. KATHERYN HOWARDTHE FIFTH OF HENRY'S QUEENS.HER STORY.Acclaimed, bestselling historian Alison Weir draws on extensive research to recount one ...
ISBN10: 1472227778, ISBN13: 9781472227775, [publisher: Headline Review] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2020]
Headline Review 2020 Hard cover Very good Signs of little wear on the cover.
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