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The Fifth Queen

Ford Madox Ford

Book Overview: 

The Fifth Queen trilogy is a series of connected historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It consists of three novels, The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court, Privy Seal and The Fifth Queen Crowned, which present a highly fictionalized account of Katharine Howard's marriage to King Henry VIII.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I am for the Old Faith in the Old Way. You have hanged many dear friends of mine whose souls I pray for.'

He looked at her attentively.

She had a supple, long body, a fair-tinted face, fair and reddish hair, and eyes that had a glint of almond green—but her cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkled. She was so intent upon speaking her mind that she had forgotten the pain of her arm. She thought that she must have said enough to anger this brewer's son. But he answered only:

'I think you have never been in the King's court'—and, from his tranquil manner, she realised very suddenly that this man was not the dirt beneath her feet.

She had never been in the King's court; she had never, indeed, been out of the North parts. Her father had always been a very poor man, with an ancient castle and a small estate that he had nearly always neglected because it had not paid for the farming. Living men she had never respected—for . . . Read More

Community Reviews

En stark 3a. - Roman om Henrik VIII:s femte hustru, Katherine Howard. Henriks 1500-tal måste vara bland det populäraste inom populärfiktion. Det finns väl flera versioner av det mesta, i synnerhet Anne Boylen har väl varit ett kärt ämne. Tydligen var hon liksom Katheine medlemmar av samma adliga slä

Written in 1926. The story of Katherine Howard and her entry into the court of Henry VIII.

Is some respects Ford Madox Ford reminds me of Hilary Mantel. He uses an impressionistic technique of building up a collage of scenes and vignettes to produce a picture of a cold, dark, dirty and dangerous cour

dedicated to Noriko with affection.
Ladies and gentlemen, I apologise for my vagrancy in writing reviews, other than laziness (very natural defect in me) my delay in grief made me more in goodreads' duel than in commenting and analyzing what I read. I will try to alleviate this gap in the coming days

This trio of novellas packaged as a single novel is a Modernist take on historical fiction and in it Ford challenged himself to write in the style of the time period. Principally composed of dialogue, the plot follows the rise and fall of Henry VIII's fifth marriage to the teenage Katherine Howard,

In this novel (or trio of novellas, to be more accurate) written in the early 1900s, Ford Madox Ford set himself a challenge, to write a novel of Tudor England in a style that sought to re-create the language of the actual time period. The book that resulted is not the easiest for modern readers to

Very different- a modernist take on historical fiction- but very interesting. Highly recommended if you're already familiar with the style....more

Originally published in the 60's, long before Phillipa Gregory, Ford Madox Ford was cooking up stories about the Desperate Housewives of Windsor Castle.

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