The Rose Without a Thorn: 11 (Queens of England Novel) - Softcover

Plaidy, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609810170 ISBN 13: 9780609810170

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2003

Synopsis

From the pen of legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes an unforgettable true story of
royalty, passion, and innocence lost.

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. The innocent girl quickly learns that her grandmother's puritanism is not shared by Katherine's free-spirited cousins, with whom she lives. Beautiful and impressionable, Katherine becomes involved in two ill-fated love affairs before her sixteenth birthday. Like her cousin Anne Boleyn, she leaves her grandmother's home to become a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII. 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.

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. Overwhelmed by the change in her fortunes, bewildered and flattered by the adoration of her husband, Katherine is dazzled by the royal life. But her bliss is short-lived as rumors of her wayward past come back to haunt her, and Katherine's destiny takes another, deadly, turn.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

GUILTY OF NOTHING, SHE WOULD PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR HER BEAUTY...

A young noblewoman in the ruthless Tudor era, Katherine Howard's life was far from easy. Left to the mercy of her neglectful grandmother, twice betrothed by the age fifteen, she finds happiness at last with her beloved kinsman, Thomas Culpepper, but those around her have other plans for her future...

At Hampton Court, King Henry VIII has rejected his plain wife, Anne, and Katherine is blind to his true nature, powerful flirtation. Surrounded by enemies, her unhappy past closing in on her, innocence is to be Katherine's final downfall...

‘...Superb storytelling... meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of characterisation...one of the country's most widely read novelists’
SUNDAY TIMES

About the Author:

Jean Plaidy is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. More than 14 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. Plaidy passed away in 1993.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0609810170
• ISBN 13: 9780609810170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288