On the eleventh day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me the chance to win a copy of Katherine Howard: A New History by Conor Byrne.
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Book Synopsis
In this full-length biography of Katherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Conor Byrne reconsiders Katherine’s brief reign and the circumstances of her life, stripping away the complex layers of myths and misconceptions to reveal a credible portrait of this tragic queen.
By reinterpreting her life in the context of cultural customs and expectations surrounding sexuality, fertility and family honour, Byrne exposes the limitations of conceptualising Katherine as either ‘whore’ or ‘victim’. His more rounded view of the circumstances in which she found herself and the expectations of her society allows the historical Katherine to emerge.
Katherine has long been condemned by historians for being a promiscuous and frivolous consort who partied away her days and revelled in male attention, but Byrne’s reassessment conveys the mature and thoughtful ways in which Katherine approached her queenship. It was a tragedy that her life was controlled by predators seeking to advance themselves at her expense, whatever the cost.
Yes please
Ooh looks interesting!
Yes please
I would really love to read this book!
Sounds fascinating
I’m so fully into everything Henry VIII! I’d love to read this book and know more about Kitty Howard.
I’d love to read this book! She’s interesting.
Sounds like an excellent read!
Would love to find out more about this queen.
Yes please
I really want to win that book ?
I would love to win this
Another interesting read, I bet she was an interesting character
This sounds very interesting.
Interesting subject, would love to read
Count me in, I’d love to learn more about Katherine Howard!
I’d like to know what she thought and how she felt.poor lady
I’d love to read this book about the second wife to be beheaded by Henry VIII.
Yes please
I would love to read this great book, a beheading too!
Have’t read a lot about Kathrine Howard looks interesting
Looks good
Love the book please
This sounds so good!
An interesting look into the life of Katherine, sounds like it’ll be full of interesting ‘gossip’ about her marriage to Henry.
This is one queen that I’d like to learn more about
Poor old KH. More than any of the other wives I felt she was the victim of opportunistic and power seeking relatives using her to advance their own fortunes.
Awesome I’d love to read this!
One of the most interesting of Henry VIII’s wives!
Sign me up, please!
Yes, please!
I’m playing for my daughter. She likes history. She enjoyed “Queenship in England” by Conor Byrne very much. I have a very special cancer and she helps me a lot. She deserves this
I’d love to win!
I would love to win this book. I’ve read Antonia Fraser’s book on the wives of Henry VIII a couple times, and would enjoy reading a more in-depth book about Katherine Howard.
This would be a wonderful addition to my collection!
Katherine Howard is a very interesting person indeed. Thank you for the chance to win!
A friend and i have been dream-casting a play with the wives of Henry VIII and Katherine Howard has been one of the hardest! It’s a lot of fun. I’d love to read this book.
I’d love to win this. Love learning about the tudors!
Would love to read more about her – I always felt she was the most tragic of the wives, so young she wouldn’t have stood a chance against the plotting of the court.
I think everyone forgets how young Katherine Howard really was. She was innocent, frivolous and hopelessly naive.Ahe was no doubt ambitiously manipulated by power hungry Dukes.
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Love her!! Pick me!
! All the women of Henry court had it rough, but Katherine Howard was so young she had no shot at all….This would be great to read!!!
I would love to read more about Catherine Howard. This seems a fantastic read! Please count on me! ?
Kathrine was victim of her vanity and of Henry’s paranoia
I’d love to read a more balanced view of her. I’ve never thought she could possibly as bad as the common perception.
Lovely books
Another book on my ‘to read’ list
Poor Katherine used and abused by all those around her. I find her equally as fascinating as Anne.