Die Fünfte Frau - Heinrich VIII und Katharina Howard

Stuttgart, Germany: Verlags-Anstalt GmbH, 1969. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Wear And Tear To Dust Jacket. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ 2nd German Edition 1969 For 18 months, from July 28, 1540 to February 10, 1542, Catherine Howard was the wife of Henry VIII and therefore Queen of England, then she mounted the scaffold in the Tower. The fifth wife of "Harry with the Crown" may have turned her royal husband into a cuckold, but she certainly did not tell him that as a young girl in her grandmother's house, behind the closed, heavy curtains of her bed, she had sex with an attractive man young man had gained experience. Both were considered punishable, as high treason, since the sacred person of the king embodied the state. Catherine's fate was that she found herself caught up in the wheel of big politics when the aging king fell in love with her. "An impeccable book, a combination of knowledge, objectivity, enthusiasm and artistry, a frightening and moving study of Henry VIII's fifth queen... From the source material, this biographer has woven a brilliant garment, so rich and as varied as the robes that Heinrich and his courtiers wore.

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