Overview
The general perception of Katherine Parr is that she was a provincial nobody with intellectual pretensions who became queen of England because the king needed a nurse as his health declined. Yet the real Katherine Parr was attractive, passionate, ambitious, and highly intelligent. Thirty-years-old (younger than Anne Boleyn had been) when she married the king, she was twice widowed and held hostage by the northern rebels during the great uprising of 1536-37 known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. Her life had been dramatic even before she became queen and it would remain so after Henry's death. She hastily and secretly married her old flame, the rakish Sir Thomas Seymour, and died shortly after giving birth to her only child in September 1548. Her brief happiness was undermined by the very public flirtation of her husband and step-daughter, Princess Elizabeth. She was one of the most influential and active queen consorts in English history, and this is her story.
Full Product Details
Author: Linda Porter
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780312384388
ISBN 10: 0312384386
Pages: 381
Publication Date: 23 November 2010
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“Rich, perceptive, nuanced and creative, this first full-scale biography gives one of Britain's best but least-known queens her due.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)<p>“Linda Porter has done a marvellous job in bringing Katherine Parr to life. In so doing, she evokes the whole terrifying and exciting world of the Tudor courts, packed with intrigue and danger.”—A.N. Wilson<br>“Porter offers a nuanced picture of family allegiances and intellectual background.”— Financial Times (UK)<p>“Vividly written . . . Katherine was an influential woman. As stepmother she shaped Elizabeth I, one of England's most successful monarchs. . . . Porter presents a portrait of an attractive woman more than capable of navigating the treacherous waters of life at the duplicitous Tudor court.”—Peter Burton, Daily Express (UK)<br>“Porter's account of Katherine's life is colourful and well paced . . . Katherine’s was indee
Author Information
<p>Linda Porter has a Ph.D. in history from the University of York, England. She was the winner of the 2004 Biographers Club/Daily Mail prize in England and is the author of The Myth of Bloody Mary , also available from St. Martin's Press. She is married with one daughter and lives near London.
