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Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife: A Novel (Six Tudor Queens) Hardcover – May 11, 2021

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Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue that threatens the very throne of England.

“A superb read and a remarkable end to a brilliant series.”—Historical Novel Society

Having sent his much-beloved but deceitful young wife Katheryn Howard to her beheading, King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on a more mature woman, thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr. She, however, is in love with Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the late Queen Jane. Aware of his rival, Henry sends him abroad, leaving Katharine no choice but to become Henry’s sixth queen in 1543. The king is no longer in any condition to father a child, but Katharine is content to mother his three children, Mary, Elizabeth, and the longed-for male heir, Edward.

Four years into the marriage, Henry dies, leaving England’s throne to nine-year-old Edward—a puppet in the hands of ruthlessly ambitious royal courtiers—and Katharine's life takes a more complicated turn. Thrilled at this renewed opportunity to wed her first love, Katharine doesn't realize that Sir Thomas now sees her as a mere stepping stone to the throne, his eye actually set on bedding and wedding fourteen-year-old Elizabeth. The princess is innocently flattered by his attentions, allowing him into her bedroom, to the shock of her household. The result is a tangled tale of love and a struggle for power, bringing to a close the dramatic and violent reign of Henry VIII.

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Her name was Katharine. She was his sixth wife, but this is her story.

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“Like its predecessors, this is a detailed and convincing portrait of an extraordinary life. Taken as a whole, this series is a serious achievement.”—The Times

“Weir delivers engaging historical characters, filling the white spaces of their lives with believable interests, convincing motivation, and realistic daily routines. . . . The conversations are sparkling, gripping and word-perfect. . . . This masterly novel seamlessly blends history into the story’s fabric. A superb read and a remarkable end to a brilliant series.”—Historical Novel Society

“This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII's six wives to life as never before. This novel will enthrall and inspire, just as much as it will break your heart”—Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the Tudors

“Katharine Parr deserves better than to be known just as Henry VIII's sixth wife—the one who survived. And there's no one better placed than Alison Weir to restore her to her rightful place”—Sarah Gristwood, author of Game of Queens

“For the first time I felt as though, thanks to Alison's skillful writing and storytelling, I came to ‘know’ Katharine”—Nicola Tallis, author of Uncrowned Queen

“A tour de force . . . If you think you know everything about Henry VIII's last queen, you're in for a wonderful treat—you don't!”—Susan Ronald, author of The Pirate Queen

“An absorbing and fascinating read, meticulously researched as is always the case with Alison's work, and she really made Katharine live”—Sarah Rayne, author of A Dark Diving

“Engaging and deeply researched . . . Weir brings her expertise of the Tudor era to bear with rich detail and historical perspective on politics and religion, and the many intelligent conversations between Katherine and Henry VIII add to the charm. With a mercurial, captivating king as hook, Weir serves up a sharp and lucid blend of grim fact and stylish fiction.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Katheryn of Aragon, The True Queen; Anne Boleyn, A King’s Obsession; Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen; Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait; Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen; The Marriage Game; A Dangerous Inheritance; Captive Queen; The Lady Elizabeth; and Innocent Traitor, as well as numerous historical biographies, including Queens of the Crusades, Queens of the Conquest, The Lost Tudor Princess, Elizabeth of York, Mary Boleyn, The Lady in the Tower, Mistress of the Monarchy, Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Life of Elizabeth I, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. She lives in Surrey, England, with her husband.

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Chapter 1

1517–1520

Katharine was five when death cast its black shadow over her life. It was a terrible time of fear and grief when the dread plague known as the sweating sickness ravaged London. She squeezed herself into a corner as the house at Blackfriars was boarded up against the pestilence, and shrank at the tolling of the bells of the city’s churches and the smell of the herbal medicines made by Mother just in case anyone in the household was struck down. Young as she was, she understood the gravity of the situation. Set to her easy tasks in the still room, she had heard the adults talking in the kitchen beyond, heard them speak of the speed with which the sweat could kill, of people just dropping dead in the street without warning. She learned that even the King had fled from London. She knew, as well as anyone else, the signs of the disease, watched herself in case she felt shivery, or dizzy, or thirsty, or developed a headache and other pains. She knew too that, if she lived for a whole day and night with the sweat, she would recover. That would be her only hope.

She was utterly thankful that Mother had returned from serving the Queen. In her calm, reassuring presence, things did not seem as frightening. Mother had taught Katharine and her four-year-old brother William a special prayer: “Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, lest I sleep the sleep of death.” Each day, they had to confess their little sins to Dr. Melton, the chaplain, so that they might always be in a state of grace, ready to meet their Maker. Two-year-old Anne was too young to say meaningful prayers, but Mother made up for that, praying over her youngest every evening as she held her to her swollen belly. Katharine knew there would be another baby brother or sister soon. She was hoping that the horrible sweating sickness would be gone before the child arrived—and that it would be a girl. But the plague raged on, even into November, which was when Father fell ill of the sweat.

Banned from the sickroom for fear of infection, Katharine watched her mother bustling in and out with bowls of steaming water and towels. She watched the front door being unboarded to admit the physician and, two days later, her father’s lawyer, both of them with clove-scented linen bound around the lower part of their faces. She was aware of a hush descending on the house and the need to go about quietly.

The next day brought her beloved Uncle William, Father’s younger brother, and Father Cuthbert Tunstall, as the children knew him. The priest was placid, wise, and gentle, with a clean-shaven face and a crooked nose. He was not only their kinsman, but a great friend to them all and a very important man, for he served King Henry. Katharine adored him as much as she did Uncle William, who was rather portly and had twinkling eyes and a merry round face. Both men were very kind, assuring the children that Father was safe in God’s hands and that God could be trusted to do what was right for him. It was a lesson Katharine would always remember. But she did not miss the tear in the eye of her rough-mannered, soldierly uncle.

It was hard to accept that God knew best when, that evening, Mother, bravely stifling her sobs, told them that Father had died and gone to Heaven. The house was draped in black and everyone put on mourning clothes. When Katharine heard the great bell tolling at the nearby Blackfriars monastery, she knew it was for her father. Uncle William told her that it would toll thirty-four times, one for every year of Sir Thomas Parr’s life.

The children did not attend the burial in the chapel of St. Anne in the Blackfriars, which was where Father had wanted to be buried, next to their older brother, who had died at birth. They watched their mother, her fair hair hidden beneath a nun-like headdress and black veil, walk out of the door, leaning heavily on Uncle William’s arm. Little Will was crying, and Katharine was dangerously near tears herself, striving to come to terms with the fact that her father would never wake up and that she would never see him again. She wanted to remember him as he was when he was alive and well.

He had been clever and learned—a great man at the court of King Henry. He had been close to the King, as Mother was close to the Queen, who was Katharine’s godmother and took a special interest in her, even though Katharine had never met her. Both her parents had spent much time at court; Mother even had her own chambers there, and Katharine now wondered if she would return to her duties.

It did not matter to her that her father had been rich and important; it was the debonair man with laughter lines about his eyes whom she would remember and grieve for, a good father who had prized and loved his children.

“Do not weep, little ones,” Dr. Melton had said kindly as he followed the family out of the house, his missal in his hand. “Your father has gone to God. We must be happy for him and not question the Lord’s will.”

Katharine wished she could be so accepting. She wanted to be like her mother, who was bearing her loss very bravely. But, every time she thought of Father, she could not stop crying.

Agnes, her nurse, put her arms around the children and hugged them, then led them into the parlor where a welcoming fire was crackling on the hearth.

“I will tell you a story,” she said, and proceeded to relate a colorful tale of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Then she set the children to building a house of cards, and that was how the mourners found them when they returned from the chapel. Mother’s eyes were red, but she was smiling as she took Katharine and Will by the hand and led them into the hall, where the funeral meats were laid out. It was a small gathering because of the sweat.

After the meal, the family retired to the parlor and, as the children resumed their building game, the adults settled by the fire.

“I can’t believe he’s gone,” Mother said, in a broken voice. “We were granted just nine years together. I never thought to be a widow at twenty-five and having to bring up my children single-handed.”

Katharine watched Uncle William reach across and lay his hand on her mother’s. “You are not alone,” he said.

“No, you are not, Maud,” Father Cuthbert assured her. “We will look after you. It is what Thomas wanted, and why he named us his executors.”

“You will not be in want,” Uncle William chimed in. “Will is to succeed his father. The girls have been left marriage portions that will secure them respectable husbands. Not noble ones, but solid matches.”

Mother sighed. “Yes, and I must be grateful for that, but he left nothing for this little one.” She patted her belly. “If it is a boy, he will have no inheritance. If a girl, I myself must provide her with a dowry. Thomas was not thinking logically. The illness crazed his brain. Without the income from his offices at court, I will have less money to live on, and I must conserve Will’s inheritance. There is nothing for it. I must live modestly.”

“Will you return to the Queen’s service?” Father Cuthbert asked.

“When this one is born, I must,” Mother said. “I thought of going north to Kendal, where I could live more cheaply, but the castle there is derelict, and it is a long way from all my friends.”

“You must not even consider it.” Uncle William was adamant. “You must close this house up and come to live with me and Mary at Rye House.”

Katharine’s ears pricked up. Everything she had ever heard about Rye House had led her to believe it was a wondrous place. Her cousins were there, and it would be a mercy to get away from London and the plague.

Mother’s face had lightened. “William, I cannot tell you what your kindness means to me. I would love to come. It will be good for the children. The air is so healthy there. But I fear I must ask you another favor.”

“You have only to name it,” Uncle William said gallantly.

“I need help with my finances,” she replied, “and someone to manage our estates in the north, because I will be better placed in the south to secure good futures for my children. I must devote my life to them from now on.”

“You may leave all that safely to me,” Uncle William said.

Mother rose and embraced him. “No woman ever had a better brother-in-law.”

“Could your own kinsfolk help?” Father Cuthbert inquired.

“The Greens?” Mother shook her head. “You know that my father died in the Tower under suspicion of treason. I was the last of the line and his heiress. Everything I had, I brought to Thomas. I do have family connections in the north and the Midlands, but . . .”

Katharine had often heard her parents speak of their kinship with noble families—Vauxes, Throckmortons, Nevilles, Dacres, Talbots, and Father Cuthbert’s family, the Tunstalls, to name a few. These connections were a source of great pride to them all, but it was hard trying to remember their names. She didn’t know any of these people and she suspected her mother hadn’t had much to do with them either.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books (May 11, 2021)
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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1101966637
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1101966631
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.68 x 9.5 inches

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Incredible Novel About Katharine Parr!

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Wow! This book is amazing! Every single time I picked up "Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife", I was whisked back in time to the Tudor Era, and I was immersed in history that came to life right before my eyes.

I absolutely love Alison Weir's book, both fiction and non-fiction. This novel is a part of her historical fiction series, "Six Tudor Queens", with each book focusing on one of Henry VIII's wives. Ms. Weir has such a beautiful way of telling history in such a way that grabs the reader's interest from the first page to the last. I could envision each and every moment, and Ms. Weir seamlessly blends history with fiction, and the result is this INCREDIBLE book!

Katharine Parr was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, and what an intelligent, compassionate, brave, interesting, and kind woman she was. I really feel like I came to understand Katharine more as a person, as well as a deeper understanding of her life from reading this book. From earlier moments in her life, to her life and marriage with Henry VIII, to her marriage to Thomas Seymour, Katharine went through so much. To Henry VIII, she was a kind wife, and wonderful and loving step-mother to his children. She was able to navigate the politics of court life while remaining true to herself, and I can only imagine how she felt with the danger around every corner. I do not want to spoil anything in this review, so, I will simply say, this book is an absolute must-read!

If you enjoy historical fiction and / or reading about the Tudor Era, I highly recommend this book! It kept me turning page after page and chapter after chapter, and I can't wait to see what Ms. Weir writes next!

Thank you so much to Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine and NetGalley for the ARC of this book, it is incredible! All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Amazing! Was Well Worth the Wait...

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I pre ordered this book as soon as its release was announced, as I enjoyed others from this series.
This is not the first book about Katharine Parr that I've read. I'm quite familiar with the Tudor historical fiction.
Previously, I read the following about Katharine Parr:
The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr (Ladies in Waiting Book 2) by Sandra Byrd
The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels) by Philippa Gregory
Both were very interesting and informative, but only this book by Alison Weir gave me an insight into Katharine's early life. Her childhood, first and second marriages, the relations within her family.
As little is known of her prior to her illustrious marriage to Henry VIII, most books usually deal with her life after she married him.
In this book, Weir made the effort to understand Katharine as a unique person and not just a companion to Henry VIII.
Katharine was also a stepmother to Elizabeth I who went on to become IMO the greatest monarch England has ever had. With her great learning and strong character Katharine was one of a very special circle of unique people who inspired young Elizabeth to achieve greatness.
For those who are interested in Elizabeth's younger years I recommend The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel (Elizabeth I) by Alison Weir.

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K. Moore

Need reminder of characters

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023

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I have loved all of Allison Weir's books though this one and The King's Pleasure were somewhat confusing. Characters might only be mentioned a couple of times by their title. Then they were brought back later and I had no idea who they were. Nan and Ned? A glossary of characters would have been most helpful, I kept asking Google who they were. Also I would have enjoyed drawings or paintings of all the castles in the book. Again I looked them up to see what is left of them. One day I hope to walk where the real royalty walked, to see all these wonderful places for myself!

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Totally love the author's writing craft. Highly recommend for historians who love realistic fiction.

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Excellent end to the series

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This is an excellent end to Alison’s a Tudor wives series. I love that the history remains as intact as possible despite being a fiction novel.

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Last of the Alison Weir Novels of King Henry VIII's wives

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022

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As with the series of all her Tudor wives, I have enjoyed each one. This is a fascinating story about a woman who married 4 times and was a good wife to each husband. Because of the times, her husband died and she will die in childbirth. The story weaves from countryside to court and she maintains a good reputation in both. I found her life fascinating and was sorry she could not raise her long-awaited child.

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Five stars for the story, one for the writing

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2021

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I’ve read four biographies by Alison Weir and found them all to be enjoyable and very well written and documented. Her skills as a novelist are something else again. She narrates a fascinating history of Katharine Parr in the most sophomoric language imaginable. I couldn’t believe her novel and her biographies were written by the same person. As in her biographies, she’s done her research well, but her wiring is as pedestrian as a Harlequin romance. I’ll give her five stars for the research and one for the writing, and average it out to three.

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Great Audiobook

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I love everything that has to do with the Tudor Dynasty. This was so good!

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I enjoyed this book, I didn't really know anything about Katharine Parr except for an old movie from 1953 called Young Bess with Stewart Grainger and Deborah Kerr. Being an avid reader of historical fiction I am always amazed at the lives these women led especially at court. I thought it was well written and held my interest right to the end.

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Fesselnder, sehr gut recherchierter biographischer Roman - sehr lesenswert!

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Der abschließende Band der Reihe „Six Tudor Queens“ schildert das Leben der sechsten und letzten Ehefrau Heinrichs VIII, Katharine Parr (1512 – 1548), von ihrer Kindheit bis zu ihrem Tod.
Katharines Mutter Maud sorgt auch nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes für eine gute Ausbildung ihrer Kinder, auch der Töchter. Katharine erwirbt nicht nur Wissen, sondern genießt auch eine religiöse Erziehung, die es ihr ermöglicht, sich zu den religiösen Fragen der Zeit – dem Konflikt zwischen katholischen und protestantischen Kirchen und Gläubigen sowie der Gründung der Anglikanischen Kirche mit dem König als Oberhaupt – eine fundierte Meinung zu bilden.
Insgesamt geht Katharine vier Ehen ein, wobei nur die letzte Verbindung mit Thomas Seymour eine „Liebesheirat“ ist. Doch auch in den anderen Ehen arrangiert sich Katharine recht gut mit ihren Ehemännern, allerdings ist in Bezug auf politische und religiöse Meinungsäußerungen Vorsicht geboten, da im 16. Jahrhundert Frauen kaum eine eigene Anschauung zugestanden wird. Besonders in ihrer Ehe mit Heinrich VIII muss sie äußerst diplomatisch vorgehen, denn die katholische Fraktion am Hof unter dem fanatischen Bischof Gardiner würde nicht davor zurückschrecken, selbst die Königin als Ketzerin auf den Scheiterhaufen zu bringen, wenn man ihr ihre Neigung zum protestantischen Glauben nachweisen könnte.

Vor einem ausgezeichnet recherchierten Hintergrund der Zeit erweckt die Autorin Katharine Parr, die vermutlich intelligenteste und gebildetste Ehefrau Heinrichs VIII, zum Leben. Die Königin wirkt während Heinrichs Aufenthalt in Frankreich als Regentin, sie ist Autorin eines Buches mit englischsprachigen Gebeten und Meditationen, sie bewährt sich als verantwortungsbewusste Stiefmutter, aber sie ist auch eine leidenschaftliche Frau, der leider nur ein vergleichsweise spätes und kurzes Glück vergönnt ist. Die differenzierte Ausgestaltung der Hauptfigur, aber auch der übrigen wichtigsten Romanfiguren ist überaus gelungen.
Umfangreiches Zusatzmaterial in Form von Familienstammbäumen, einem informativen Nachwort, einem unglaublich umfangreichen Personenverzeichnis und einer chronologischen Zeitleiste bereichert diesen ebenso anspruchsvollen wie fesselnden Roman.

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Ein informatives und fesselndes biographisches Werk, das wahrhaftig das Attribut „historischer“ Roman verdient!

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