![]() ![]() The man she really loves, however, is Thomas Culpeper, one of the King’s courtiers, whom she continues to meet in secret even knowing that if they are discovered both of their lives could be in danger. Katheryn is surprised to find that, despite the age difference, she is becoming genuinely fond of her obese and ailing husband. But what Henry doesn’t know is that Katheryn has had more experience with men than he has been led to believe. ![]() Telling her she is his ‘rose without a thorn’, he is delighted with his young bride and looks forward to her producing another son to secure his lineage. ![]() When Henry VIII sets aside Anne of Cleves and takes nineteen-year-old Katheryn Howard as his next wife, he believes her to be pure, innocent and virtuous, qualities he values highly in a woman. Having enjoyed the first three – on Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour – I had been slightly disappointed by the one on Anne of Cleves, but I’m pleased to say that I thought this latest book was a return to form. This is the fifth book in the series so, as you would expect, the focus is on the fifth wife, Katheryn Howard. Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series aims to retell, in fictional form, the stories of all six of Henry VIII’s wives. ![]()
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