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Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII

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English

By (author): Gareth Russell

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017

During one of the hottest summers on record the court of Henry VIII is embroiled, once again, in political scandal. The Kings marriage to Anne of Cleves has failed, his closest adviser Thomas Cromwell is to be executed for treason and, in the countryside, an aristocratic teenager named Catherine Howard prepares to become fifth wife to the increasingly irascible, unpredictable monarch.

Her story is both a very dark fairy tale and a gripping thriller. Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine was attended every waking hour by servants and companions. Secrets were impossible to keep. Based on his research into Catherines household, Gareth Russells history unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queens career ended with one of the great scandals of Henry VIIIs reign.

More than a traditional biography, this is a very human tale of some terrible decisions made by a young woman, and of complex individuals attempting to survive in a dangerous hothouse where the odds were stacked against them. By illuminating Catherines entwined upstairsdownstairs worlds and bringing the reader into her daily milieu, the author retells her story in an exciting and engaging way that has surprisingly modern resonances.

Young and Damned and Fair is a riveting account of Catherine Howards tragic marriage to one of historys most powerful rulers. It is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the kings unstable behaviour and his courtiers labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 830g
  • Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Jan 2017
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008128272

About Gareth Russell

Gareth Russell read Modern History at St Peters College at the University of Oxford and completed his postgraduate atQueens University Belfast with a study of Catherine Howards household. He has written for the Sunday Times Tatler and the Irish News and is the author of two novels set in his native Belfast and several books on royal history. He divides his time between Belfast and New York.

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