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Five men talked in the long gallery overlooking the River Thames. It was in the Lord Cromwell's house, upon which the April showers fell like handsful of peas, with a sifting[35] sound, between showers of sunshine that fell themselves like rain, so that at times all the long empty gallery was gilded with light and at times it was all saddened and frosty. They were talking all, and all with earnestness and concern, as all the Court and the city were talking now, of Katharine Howard whom the King loved.
The Archbishop leant against one side of a window, close beside him his spy Lascelles; the Archbishop's face was round but worn, his large eyes bore the trace of sleeplessness, his plump hands were a little tremulous within his lawn sleeves.
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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.