The Sixth Wife. A Novel about Catherine Parr

After the execution in February 1542 of his beloved but unfaithful wife Catherine Howard, Henry VIII turns his attention to the twice-widowed Catherine Parr. However, she is in love with Thomas Seymour, the brother of the late Queen Jane. Upon learning of the rival, the king sends Seymour abroad, leaving Catherine Parr with no choice but to become Henry VIII's sixth queen. She strives to be a good wife to him and happily takes on the responsibility of raising his children.

Four years after the wedding, Henry dies, leaving the throne of England to nine-year-old Edward, a puppet in the hands of ambitious courtiers, and Catherine's life drastically changes. Delighted by the prospect of marrying her first love, she does not realize that Thomas Seymour now sees her as merely a stepping stone to the throne, while his real aim is Henry's daughter, the fourteen-year-old Elizabeth...

«The Sixth Wife. A Novel about Catherine Parr» — this is the latest book by the popular author and renowned historian Alison Weir, who decided to create a dramatic series dedicated to the wives of King Henry VIII.

For the first time in Russian!