![]() ![]() But her bliss is short-lived as rumors of her wayward past come back to haunt her, and Katherines destiny takes another, deadly, turn.'. Overwhelmed by the change in her fortunes, bewildered and flattered by the adoration of her husband, Katherine is dazzled by the royal life. But when Katherine catches the eye of the aging and unhappily married king, she is forced to abandon her plans for a life with Thomas and marry King Henry. The royal palaces are exciting to a young girl from the country, and Katherine finds that her duties there allow her to be near her handsome cousin, Thomas Culpepper, whom she has loved since childhood. Like her cousin Anne Boleyn, she leaves her grandmothers home to become a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII. Beautiful and impressionable, Katherine becomes involved in two ill-fated love affairs before her sixteenth birthday. ![]() ![]() The innocent girl quickly learns that her grandmothers puritanism is not shared by Katherines free-spirited cousins, with whom she lives. 'Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk. One of this prolific author's "Qeens of England" series. No spine or cover creases, light edgewear. ![]()
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