{"id":585,"date":"2011-10-04T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307744913"},"modified":"2011-10-04T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:30:00","slug":"the-fifth-queen-by-a-s-byatt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/2011\/10\/04\/the-fifth-queen-by-a-s-byatt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fifth Queen by A.S. Byatt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Fifth Queen<\/a>
Written by<\/b> Ford Madox Ford<\/a>
Introduction by<\/b> A.S. Byatt<\/a><\/h3>\n

Trade Paperback<\/b>, 624 pages | Vintage | Fiction – Historical; Fiction – Literary; Fiction – Biographical | $15.95<\/b> | October 4, 2011 | 978-0-307-74491-3 (0-307-74491-4)<\/p>\n

Ford Madox Ford’s novel about the doomed Katharine Howard, fifth queen of Henry VIII, is a neglected masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Kat Howard—intelligent, beautiful, naively outspoken, and passionately idealistic—catches the eye of Henry VIII and improbably becomes his fifth wife. A teenager who has grown up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. It is a time of great upheaval, as unscrupulous courtiers maneuver for power while religious fanatics—both Protestant and Catholic—fight bitterly for their competing beliefs. Soon Katharine is drawn into a perilous showdown with Thomas Cromwell, the much-feared Lord Privy Seal, as her growing influence over the King begins to threaten too many powerful interests. Originally published in three parts (The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, <\/i>and The Fifth Queen Crowned<\/i>), Ford’s novel serves up both a breathtakingly visual evocation of the Tudor world and a timeless portrayal of the insidious operations of power and fear in any era.<\/p>\n


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