Katherine - Tudor Duchess
New from Tony Riches, Author of the best-selling Tudor Trilogy
New from Tony Riches, Author of the best-selling Tudor Trilogy
Attractive,
wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies
of the Tudor court. A favourite of King Henry VIII, Katherine knows all his six
wives, his daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and his son Edward.
When her father dies, Katherine becomes the ward of Tudor knight, Sir Charles Brandon. Her Spanish mother, Maria de Salinas, is Queen Catherine of Aragon’s lady in waiting, so it is a challenging time for them all when King Henry marries the enigmatic Anne Boleyn.
When her father dies, Katherine becomes the ward of Tudor knight, Sir Charles Brandon. Her Spanish mother, Maria de Salinas, is Queen Catherine of Aragon’s lady in waiting, so it is a challenging time for them all when King Henry marries the enigmatic Anne Boleyn.
Following Anne’s dramatic downfall, Katherine marries Charles Brandon, and becomes Duchess of Suffolk at the age of fourteen. After the short reign of young Catherine Howard, and the death of Jane Seymour, Katherine and Brandon are chosen to welcome Anna of Cleves as she arrives in England.
When the royal marriage is
annulled, Katherine’s good friend, Catherine Parr becomes the king’s sixth
wife, and they work to promote religious reform. Katherine’s
young sons are tutored with the future king, Prince Edward, and become his
friends, but when Edward dies his Catholic sister Mary is crowned queen. Katherine’s
Protestant faith puts her family in great danger - from which there seems no
escape.
Katherine’s remarkable true story continues the epic tale of the rise of the Tudors, which began with the best-selling Tudor trilogy and concludes with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Tony Riches
Tony
Riches is a full-time UK author of best-selling historical fiction. He lives in
Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the history of the Wars of the
Roses and the lives of the early Tudors. Tony’s other published historical
fiction novels include: Owen – Book One Of The Tudor Trilogy, Jasper – Book
Two Of The Tudor Trilogy, Henry – Book Three Of The Tudor Trilogy, Mary – Tudor
Princess, Brandon – Tudor Knight and The Secret Diary Of Eleanor Cobham. For
more information about Tony’s books please visit his website tonyriches.com and his blog, The
Writing Desk and find him on Facebook and
Twitter @tonyriches
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