Katherine Howard

a new history

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Katherine Howard (2014, MadeGlobal Publishing)

243 pages

English language

Published June 26, 2014 by MadeGlobal Publishing.

ISBN:
9788493746469
OCLC Number:
892966973

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5 stars (1 review)

"In this new full-length biography of Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, Conor Byrne reconsiders Katherine's brief reign and the circumstances of her life, striping away the complex layers of myths and misconceptions to reveal a credible portrait of this tragic queen."--back cover.

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Review of 'Katherine Howard' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

An unexpected gem!

I often have need of referencing biographies of elite and royal women from the early modern period, and I usually do so with a hefty sigh. Most of them rely heavily on primary sources, and I get frustrated at the tendency of the authors to simply take them at face value; they also usually focus on dates and "facts", and only differ from common interpretations if the writer has found a new primary source to incorporate.

Katherine Howard: A New History, on the contrary, refreshingly rests on appropriate secondary sources and contextualizes historical events with scholarship. I did not expect to find this kind of academic approach in a biography of Katherine Howard, particularly one from this kind of small press, but here we are! (And then I found out that the author is still a student?! Incredible.)

For instance, Katherine's relationships to Henry Manox and …

Subjects

  • Queens
  • Biography
  • History

Places

  • Great Britain