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Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII
By Russell, Gareth
- ISBN
- 9781501108631 9781501108655
- Publisher
- S. & S.
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Reviewed on February 1, 2017 | Social Sciences
Russell (From Albion to Zazzera) builds upon his extensive scholarly research of the 16th-century royal household to produce this sympathetic biography of Catherine Howard (1523–42). Henry VIII called Catherine "a jewel for womanhood," and married her shortly after his divorce from Anne of Cleves, for whom Catherine had served as lady-in-waiting. This portrayal shows Catherine to be an immature yet attractive girl who had the misfortune of becoming the object of H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
