Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour ā secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry VIIIās fifth wife, Gareth Russellās history unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queenās career ended with one of the great scandals of Henryās reign. This is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the kingās unstable behaviour and his courtiersā labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017