The Sixth Wife

Name: The Sixth Wife
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by Jean Plaidy Book 7 in the Tudor Saga series.

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Twice widowed by the time she is thirty-one, Katherine Parr has created a degree of independence unusual for a Tudor noblewoman when Henry VIII decides to make her his sixth queen. Marriage to the ageing king places her close to power but also inside a court where the fates of his previous wives are an unavoidable warning.

Katherine becomes stepmother to Henry’s children and attempts to use her position for learning, religious discussion and family reconciliation. Her Protestant sympathies and intellectual confidence, however, attract enemies among conservative courtiers. The novel follows a queen who must balance affection, conviction and self-preservation while married to a ruler whose favour can change with lethal speed.