Katheryn Howard
Lady Rochford, The Real ‘Wicked Wife’ by Alison Weir
The notorious Lady Rochford was born Jane Parker, the daughter of learned Henry Parker, Lord Morley; her mother, Alice St John, was a distant cousin of King Henry VIII on his grandmother Margaret Beaufort’s side. […]
Read MoreTHE MOST WOEFUL THING by Alison Weir
As Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen is written wholly from Katheryn’s point of view, the reader never gets to see the reaction of Katheryn’s husband, Henry VIII, to her fall from grace. We see only […]
Read MoreKATHERYN HOWARD: ‘SOMETIME A QUEEN’ by Alison Weir
The story of Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife, is one of the saddest and most shocking episodes in English history. It is also the subject of a very modern debate. Was Katheryn a promiscuous […]
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