Katherine the Queen

The general perception of Katherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, is that she was a provincial nobody with intellectual pretensions who became queen of England because the king needed a matronly consort to nurse him as his health declined In the various studies of the six wives of Henry VIII she receives much less attention than Katherine of Aragon or Anne Boleyn Her main achievement, in the famous rhyme about Henry s six wives, is that she survived Yet the real Katherine Parr was attractive, passionate she had a mighty temper when aroused ambitious and highly intelligent She was thirty years old younger than Anne Boleyn had been when she married the king Twice widowed, 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 It would remain so after Henry s death, when she hastily and secretly married her old flame, the rakish Sir Thomas Seymour Katherine died shortly after giving birth to her only child in September 1548, her brief happiness undermined by the very public flirtation of her husband and step daughter, Princess Elizabeth Despite the vivid interest of her life, this is the first full scale, accessible biography of this fascinating woman who was, in reality, one of the most influential and active queen consorts in English history. Free Read [ Katherine the Queen ] By [ Linda Porter ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I was interested in reading this biography because I knew so little of her early life, before she became Henry VIII s 6th and surviving wife The author did a lot of research into this little known time in Katherine s life and came up with some interesting material Katherine was an almost perfect wife and Queen, one that Henry and England both needed and she went about fulfilling her duties in a very dedicated and Christian manner She had experience at being a stepmother and was able to brin I was interested in reading this biography because I knew so little of her early life, before she became Henry VIII s 6th and surviving wife The author did a lot of research into this little known time in Katherine s life and came up with ...3.5 5This book was excellently written Porter s style was very easy to get into and track I think that s also because I m very familiar with this era, but I m chalking it up to the author for this one I also do feel like I went away from this book having learned something new Katherine Parr is mainly known for being his last queen and the fact that she was very devout in the Protestant faith But, I really liked learning about the other people around her and some of her history prior to beco 3.5 5This book was excellently written Porter s style was very easy to get into and track I think that s also because I m very familiar with this era, but I m chalking it up to the author for this one I also do feel like I went away from this book having learned something new Katherine Parr is mainly known for being his last queen and the fact that she was very devout in the Protestant faith But, I really liked learning about the other people around her and some of her history prior to becoming que...Most people know little Katherine Parr, Henry VIII s last wife She survived an almost beheading, married Thomas Seymour, cared for Elizabeth, and died shortly after childbirth What else is there to know Lots Linda Porter s author of Bloody Mary which I loved Katherine, the Queen strives to be the full first scale Parr biography, attempting to open up the world of this final wife Much of the early chunk of Katherine, the Queen is a background look at the Parr family from the forefa Most people know little Katherine Parr, Henry VIII s last wife She survived an almost beheading, married Thomas Seymour, cared for Elizabeth, and died shortly after childbirth What ...A nice biography that lines up with recent efforts to make Henry VIII s last wife important Porter concludes, with little basis in documentation, that Elizabeth Tudor used her stepmother s brief regency while the King fought in France as a model for the idea that a woman could reign This seems improbable to me for a number of reasons, the chief being that Katherine did not truly reign as compared to, say, Mary of Guise just to the north Her mother acted as regent to the infant Mary, Queen of A nice biography that lines up with recent efforts to make Henry VIII s last wife important Porter concludes, with little basis in documentation, that Elizabeth Tudor used her stepmother s brief regency while the King fought in France as a model for the idea that a woman could reign This seems improbable to me for ...The wife, the nurse, the stepmother, all these stereotypes define her but the real Katherine Parr was muchthan that Linda Porter explores her family history and her connections at court and explains why she was so well received and adapted to the position she suddenly found herself in Of all of Henry s wives, she was one with the less ambitions to be queen yet once she found herself in that position, she used her power to promote her religion, build a stronger network of scholars that we The wife, the nurse, the stepmother, all these stereotypes define her but the real Katherine Parr was muchthan that Linda Porter explores her family history and her connections at court and explains why she was so well received and adapted to the position she suddenly found herself in Of all of Henry s wives, she was one with the less ambitions to be queen yet once she found herself in that position, she used her power...Meticulously researched, accessibly written and long overdue I think almost everyone knows who Katherine Parr was, but a lot of what everyone knows about her is wrong This book sets out to unearth the real woman behind the apocrypha, and for my money, succeeds.The analysis of her first two marriages is fascinating The story of how she came to marry Henry iswell known but still quite interesting The growth of Parr s Protestant identity is researched and explained, with a...A well written and meticulously researched biography of the life of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII s sixth and last queen The book covers the years 1512 1548 It charts Katherine s early life, her marriages and early widow hood, her subsequent remarriage to an ageing and ...Although I have read many books about the Tudors, this is the first biography of Katherine Parr that I have read The book was well researched, relying heavily on primary documents As a result, the image that emerges is a very different woman tha...Fascinating how life worked works with the class structures in the UK.This was one of the better books I have read recently on the Tudors I think that is because the author explained wider issues than solely the woman s life Porter made it pretty clear when she was speculating and why she reached the conclusions she did reach She also tied up loose ends by relating what happened to important people in Katherine s story even after her death Probably the most tragic was Katherine s little daughter Likely she died before her second birthday, which the author poi This was one of the better books I have read recently on the Tudors I think that is because the author explained wider issues than solely the woman s life Porter made it pretty clear when she was speculating and why she reached the conclusions she did reach She also tied up loose ends by relating what happened to important people in Katherine s story even after her death Probably the most tragic was Katherine s little daughter Likely she died before her second birthday, which the author pointed out was not at all unusual or particularly tragic But she lost her mother at only days old.4 I think.and then her father was taken to the tower and eventually executed Certainly eventhan the typical child of that time, she didn t know her parents She was given to a noble personage to be raised and the woman considered her an unnecessary expense One has to wonder if it was the high mortality of children at that time that did the little girl in, or c...

• English
• 05 January 2017
Linda Porter
• Hardcover
• 383 pages
• 0230710395
• Linda Porter
• Katherine the Queen