Suzi
This has been a series of highs and low, with this instalment being a definite high for me.
Obviously we know Kateryn Parr survived Henry, but it was still so tense being in her head for the years she was with him, not knowing if he would turn on her without notice and she would end up like the other wives.
Brilliantly written as alway, but some of the descriptions of Henry at the end of his reign - overweight, greedy, unwell and moody with his leg wound - were so visceral I gagged.
I really enjoyed learning more about Parr, as I feel like the preceding wives get a bit more spotlight due to their dramatic exits. Parr loved to read and learn and she was the first woman to publish in English under her own name! What a fascinating woman.
This has been a series of highs and low, with this instalment being a definite high for me.
Obviously we know Kateryn Parr survived Henry, but it was still so tense being in her head for the years she was with him, not knowing if he would turn on her without notice and she would end up like the other wives.
Brilliantly written as alway, but some of the descriptions of Henry at the end of his reign - overweight, greedy, unwell and moody with his leg wound - were so visceral I gagged.
I really enjoyed learning more about Parr, as I feel like the preceding wives get a bit more spotlight due to their dramatic exits. Parr loved to read and learn and she was the first woman to publish in English under her own name! What a fascinating woman.