Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1

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And in this book she has coupled all this with a tender understanding of and genuine sympathy for this proud, much loved and honourable Queen whom Henry treated so badly.

She has published seventeen history books, including The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Princes in the Tower, Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry VIII: King and Court, Katherine Swynford, The Lady in the Tower and Elizabeth of York. Henry VIII and his six wives must have spawned more books, films and TV shows than just about anyone else in history.

To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. The novels are supposed to reimagine King Henry VIII’s most trying years from the perspective of these women whose lives he essentially ruined.

The way that Katherine comes alive on the page is a credit to the author, who has such a breadth of knowledge about this Tudor period that it's a real pleasure to read her fictional work. Henry's first Queen emerges as an intelligent, resilient woman who demonstrated considerable political ability. Saved from disgrace by the kindly Sir John Peche, Margery finds herself at court waiting on Queen Katherine. It was an amazing experience to be one of the lucky few who attended the event and I’m sure that we’re all looking forward to the books – the first, on Katherine of Aragon, will be out in 2016.

Katharine Parr deserves better than to be known just as Henry VIII's sixth wife - the one who survived. Easily her strongest historical fiction work to date, Alison craftswith historical astuteness Queen Katherine of Aragon’s life from her arrival in England in 1501 to her death, sensitively portraying Katherine’s maturity from an anxious and homesick princess to a determined, focused andstrong queen.

And as preparations are being made for Queen Jane’s funeral, her stepdaughter, the Lady Mary, laments the country’s loss.Needing to forge alliances with the great powers in Europe, Henry VII negotiated a great marriage for his heir.