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`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, Reader's Digest
`Katherine...is revealed as feisty and radical.'
--Choice Magazine
`Katherine Parr is presented here as an intelligent, wily woman of passions...It's a story of high Tudor intrigue, confidently told by a good historian in a lively style.' --Iain Finlayson, Saga Magazine
`Porter's vividly written biography confirms her belief that Katherine was an influential woman. As stepmother she shaped Elizabeth I, one of England's most successful monarchs. More importantly, 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
`Porter provides a reliable synthesis of the best historical research on Katherine's life and times, while periodically going beyond it to offer original contributions...'
--Peter Marshall, The Literary Review
`Porter's account of Katherine's life is colourful and well paced...those who enjoy Tudor history will agree with Porter's assessment that Katherine's was indeed a remarkable life.'
--Matthew Dennison, Mail on Sunday
'It is a sad story and Porter tells it very well. The poignancy is here, and so is an astute sketch of an ambitious, clever and fascinating woman... It is good to see Katherine Parr enjoying her day in the popular historical sun... a well-written, sympathetic biography of one of Henry's better wives.' --Catholic Herald
'Porter's lively and detailed account gives us a reinvigorated image of Katherine.'
--Lancashire Evening Post
--A.N. Wilson, Reader's Digest
`Katherine...is revealed as feisty and radical.'
--Choice Magazine
`Katherine Parr is presented here as an intelligent, wily woman of passions...It's a story of high Tudor intrigue, confidently told by a good historian in a lively style.' --Iain Finlayson, Saga Magazine
`Porter's vividly written biography confirms her belief that Katherine was an influential woman. As stepmother she shaped Elizabeth I, one of England's most successful monarchs. More importantly, 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
`Porter provides a reliable synthesis of the best historical research on Katherine's life and times, while periodically going beyond it to offer original contributions...'
--Peter Marshall, The Literary Review
`Porter's account of Katherine's life is colourful and well paced...those who enjoy Tudor history will agree with Porter's assessment that Katherine's was indeed a remarkable life.'
--Matthew Dennison, Mail on Sunday
'It is a sad story and Porter tells it very well. The poignancy is here, and so is an astute sketch of an ambitious, clever and fascinating woman... It is good to see Katherine Parr enjoying her day in the popular historical sun... a well-written, sympathetic biography of one of Henry's better wives.' --Catholic Herald
'Porter's lively and detailed account gives us a reinvigorated image of Katherine.'
--Lancashire Evening Post
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Acclaimed historical biographer Linda Porter provides a vivid life of Katherine Parr revealing Henry VIII's last queen to have been a more human, complex and modern figure than has hitherto been realized.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Katherine Parr is really an interesting figure - a woman who was ahead of her Tudor time. She was highly intelligent, well educated and well read - and she survived her oft married husband - Henry VIII.
There has not been that much written about her life however - until now. This book is well written, thoroughly researched and utterly captivating glimpse into the life of this remarkable Queen. Linda Porter has a remarkable way with biographies. They come to life under her pen. I have been a life long fan of historical fiction - based on British history. Some time ago I decided that I wanted to fill in the fictitious gaps with non-fiction. This book reads as easily as fiction. It's a pleasure - not pedantic, not dry - but completely easy and pleasurable to read. It took me only a few days to read this book and it is a book that remain in my collection.
The book covers :
The early life of Katherine Parr,
Her two previous marriages (I had not heard much about the first before reading this book)
How she made her way into Court life and how Henry decided to make her his sixth wife.
Her relationship with Henry's three children and her own step-daughter from her second marriage (another fact that had not registered in my head before)
How she narrowly missed being another statistic for murdered Queens of England.
Her life after Henry's death.
Life with Thomas Seymour and the kerfuffle with Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour.
Her death giving birth to her longed for child.
This book covers it all and does so in a most enjoyable way.
There has not been that much written about her life however - until now. This book is well written, thoroughly researched and utterly captivating glimpse into the life of this remarkable Queen. Linda Porter has a remarkable way with biographies. They come to life under her pen. I have been a life long fan of historical fiction - based on British history. Some time ago I decided that I wanted to fill in the fictitious gaps with non-fiction. This book reads as easily as fiction. It's a pleasure - not pedantic, not dry - but completely easy and pleasurable to read. It took me only a few days to read this book and it is a book that remain in my collection.
The book covers :
The early life of Katherine Parr,
Her two previous marriages (I had not heard much about the first before reading this book)
How she made her way into Court life and how Henry decided to make her his sixth wife.
Her relationship with Henry's three children and her own step-daughter from her second marriage (another fact that had not registered in my head before)
How she narrowly missed being another statistic for murdered Queens of England.
Her life after Henry's death.
Life with Thomas Seymour and the kerfuffle with Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour.
Her death giving birth to her longed for child.
This book covers it all and does so in a most enjoyable way.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This biography really brings Katherine Parr to life as no other has done. Although I know the stories of the six wives of Henry the eighth well and nothing here is really knew to me I was swept away by the flow of the narrative and by the last page I felt I knew her intimately.
For the first time an author has concentrated on all the little details that make up a life - the people she knew,the clothes she wore, her portraits, her homes and her thoughts as far as they can be known. Linda Porter's writing has a warm quality to it that draws the reader in and imbues even known facts with fresh interest.
I am glad that politics and religion- the issue of Katherine Parr's Protestanism - are touched on with a light hand;this is a portrait of a woman,not an icon of queenship. As far as I'm concerned this is the ultimate account of Katherine Parr's life and I won't be looking to read any other.
A wonderful read. I loved it
For the first time an author has concentrated on all the little details that make up a life - the people she knew,the clothes she wore, her portraits, her homes and her thoughts as far as they can be known. Linda Porter's writing has a warm quality to it that draws the reader in and imbues even known facts with fresh interest.
I am glad that politics and religion- the issue of Katherine Parr's Protestanism - are touched on with a light hand;this is a portrait of a woman,not an icon of queenship. As far as I'm concerned this is the ultimate account of Katherine Parr's life and I won't be looking to read any other.
A wonderful read. I loved it
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Linda Porter gives us a finely painted picture of the life of a woman we probably know only as a wife of Henry VIII. We see her join the "marriage market" at eleven, a bride at seventeen, and a widow at age twenty. Her second marriage to Lord Latimer brought increased economic security along with the stepchildren to win over and love. Rebellion against King Henry, The Pilgrimage of Grace, boils around Katherine with danger from the rebels and later from the royal retribution. Lord Latimer recovered the King's favour as a soldier on the Scottish border but left Katherine a widow again at age thirty-one.
She is then courted by one of the most dashing gallants of his time, Thomas Seymour, the love of her life, but married King Henry. When the king asked for your hand, perhaps you had little choice. We learn of Katherine in triumph and peril, as Henry's wife `buxom in bed and at board', held, lost and then regained the Kings favour. After the Kings death we have a secret marriage for love and power and finally Katherine's death after the birth of her first child.
Porter's book brings us a new picture of the Queen who `survived'; an exciting and romantic life in tempestuous times richly and accurately portrayed.
She is then courted by one of the most dashing gallants of his time, Thomas Seymour, the love of her life, but married King Henry. When the king asked for your hand, perhaps you had little choice. We learn of Katherine in triumph and peril, as Henry's wife `buxom in bed and at board', held, lost and then regained the Kings favour. After the Kings death we have a secret marriage for love and power and finally Katherine's death after the birth of her first child.
Porter's book brings us a new picture of the Queen who `survived'; an exciting and romantic life in tempestuous times richly and accurately portrayed.
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a remarkable life indeed
Katherine Parr. The one who lived. Isn't that the way she is 'summed up' by some schools of popular history? Read more
Published 11 days ago by chocolate bonbons
OK, BUT NOT GREAT
I have read many books about Katherine Parr and this one did not contain anything that I did not already know. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Mrs. Judith Lugg
Katherine the Queen
Reads like a history lesson of everyone and his dog around the entire country. Am about half way through and its tedious but will finish it and post another review at the end. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Denise Tobin
Good, but maybe she's been squeezed dry already?
If Tudor England was a garden, then Henry VIII would be a Leylandia - a massive tree dwarfing and sucking the life out of everything around and underneath it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by davidT
The redressing of a neglected queen
I found this to be a very enjoyable read, not least of all because the author is not uncritical of her subject; I am not so sure of the claim presented in the book that Elizabeth... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Richard Sewell
A lot of facts
There is a tone of facts in this book.
Every thing is detailed and precise. I'm not done yet and I'm hanging there. It's interesting but not relaxing...
Every thing is detailed and precise. I'm not done yet and I'm hanging there. It's interesting but not relaxing...
Published 10 months ago by Sophie
A book that shows Katherine's importance
Katherine Parr is sadly seen as Henry VIII's nurse in his final days and nothing more. Linda Porter successfully destroys this myth and tells of a life just as interesting as... Read more
Published 14 months ago by K. J. Greenland
understanding Queen Catherine Parr
All of King Henry VIII's wives have their reputation: Catherine of Aragon, the ill-treated, most regal, most loved and most catholic consort; Anne Boleyn, the great schemer, the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Amelrode
An Interesting Read
I was quite surprised by this book. It came up when I was looking at another book on Amazon, so I read the reviews, and then bought the book. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rumpuscat
gives insight into the real woman and her 4 marriages
This is a well researched book which gives useful information and insight into the life and character of Katherine Parr. Read more
Published 23 months ago by cosmicelk
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