Fatal Throne
The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
(Sprache: Englisch)
Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall...
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Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors.If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves?
Meet them and Henry's other queens--each bound for divorce or death--in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each of these women attempts to survive their unpredictable king as he grows more and more obsessed with producing a male heir. And discover how the power-hungry court fanned the flames of Henry's passions . . . and his most horrible impulses.
Whether you're a huge fan of all things Tudor or new to this jaw-dropping saga, you won't be able to get the unique voices of Henry and his wives--all brought to life by seven award-winning and bestselling authors--out of your head.
This is an intimate look at the royals during one of the most treacherous times in history. Who will you root for and who will you love to hate?
ONE OF THE NYPL TOP TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
"Ambitious and exciting." --Bustle
"A clever, feminist reimagining of one of English history's most fascinating moments." --Refinery29
"These stories of love, lust, power and intrigue never fail to fascinate." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
Who's Who:
M. T. Anderson - Henry VIII
Candace Fleming - Katharine of Aragon, wife #1
Stephanie Hemphill - Anne Boleyn, wife #2
Lisa Ann Sandell - Jane Seymour, wife #3
Jennifer Donnelly - Anna of Cleves, wife #4
Linda Sue Park - Catherine Howard, wife #5
Deborah Hopkinson - Kateryn Parr, wife #6
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24 July 1527The world is still dark beyond my window, but I can make out the tall figure of my husband, King Henry VIII of England, in the stable yard below. Beside him stands his lover, the torchlight glowing on her smooth, young skin. They are readying to ride out. Just the two of them. Together.
I watch as he helps her up into her saddle, lifts her easily, holds her. For a moment, he cradles her little leather boot in his hand, caressing it tenderly, before making sure it is safe in the stirrup. My breath snags.
She laughs playfully, flirting, her eyes never leaving his as she places a hand on his upturned face.
I sink into a chair. Madre de Dios, ayudadame, I whisper. Mother of God, help me.
My lady Maud Parr comes into the room. She looks startled to see me. Your Grace, what are you doing up so early? she asks.
Sleep is impossible. I pick up my sewing, a shirt I am embroidering for Henry.
Maud sits across from me. I must tell you something, she says.
I try very hard to listen. But the memory of Henry laughing with Anne, of him holding her in his arms, blots out everything else.
Your Grace? Maud says.
I blink. Please, begin again.
I slip my hands inside the sleeves of my husband s shirt as she gathers herself to tell me about the letter Cardinal Wolsey has sent to His Holiness in Rome. In it the cardinal claims I was not a virgin when I married Henry. That I made love with his brother, Prince Arthur, when he was my husband, and that I lied about it. That I am lying about it still. That because of my treachery, my marriage to Henry is not a true union.
The cardinal is appealing to the Pope to declare Henry s and my eighteen years
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together illegal. He is entreating the Pope to grant the King permission to marry again.
Maud pauses before telling me the rest.
Perhaps, she wonders, the cardinal felt he needed to make a stronger case against me, because in the same letter he accuses me of being a sex-crazed woman who lured Henry into a forbidden marriage to satisfy my carnal pleasures.
Me!
And then--¡por Dios!--the cardinal tells His Holiness that my husband finds me too repulsive to sleep with because my sex organs are diseased. He says Henry has vowed never to use my body again; that it is too dangerous to his royal person; that lying with me will make the King sick.
I push the shirt s long sleeves up my arms and rub my face against its fine linen. Cardinal Wolsey is the King s closest advisor. He cannot have written such lies without my husband s consent.
How can Henry hate me so?
I remember our wedding night, the feel of his hands on my trembling skin; the hot, stinging pain of our first loving; the blissful relief of lying in his strong, steady arms, a true wife at last.
I pull my hands free of the shirt and lay it across my lap. I know Henry better than anyone else, certainly better than Anne Boleyn, for I have known him as a boy and a man; as a brother and a husband. Our destinies have been entwined almost since birth.
I was betrothed in marriage to the Prince of Wales when I was but a child of three, I say.
Indeed? replies Maud.
I nod. As Princess of Spain, I was a flesh-and-blood treaty, a breathing alliance between our two countries. And when I was fifteen I sailed to England to become his wife, and the future Queen.
Maud gets up and pours us both a small cup of wine. I would
Maud pauses before telling me the rest.
Perhaps, she wonders, the cardinal felt he needed to make a stronger case against me, because in the same letter he accuses me of being a sex-crazed woman who lured Henry into a forbidden marriage to satisfy my carnal pleasures.
Me!
And then--¡por Dios!--the cardinal tells His Holiness that my husband finds me too repulsive to sleep with because my sex organs are diseased. He says Henry has vowed never to use my body again; that it is too dangerous to his royal person; that lying with me will make the King sick.
I push the shirt s long sleeves up my arms and rub my face against its fine linen. Cardinal Wolsey is the King s closest advisor. He cannot have written such lies without my husband s consent.
How can Henry hate me so?
I remember our wedding night, the feel of his hands on my trembling skin; the hot, stinging pain of our first loving; the blissful relief of lying in his strong, steady arms, a true wife at last.
I pull my hands free of the shirt and lay it across my lap. I know Henry better than anyone else, certainly better than Anne Boleyn, for I have known him as a boy and a man; as a brother and a husband. Our destinies have been entwined almost since birth.
I was betrothed in marriage to the Prince of Wales when I was but a child of three, I say.
Indeed? replies Maud.
I nod. As Princess of Spain, I was a flesh-and-blood treaty, a breathing alliance between our two countries. And when I was fifteen I sailed to England to become his wife, and the future Queen.
Maud gets up and pours us both a small cup of wine. I would
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Autoren-Porträt von Candace Fleming
M. T. Anderson is the author of Feed, winner of the LA Times Book Prize, and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, winner of the National Book Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and a Printz Honor. Residence: Cambridge, MAJennifer Donnelly is the author of These Shallow Graves, Revolution, and A Northern Light, winner of the Carnegie Medal, the LA Times Book Prize, and a Printz Honor. Residence: Hudson Valley, NY
Candace Fleming is the author of The Family Romanov, winner of the LA Times Book Prize and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; Amelia Lost; and The Lincolns. Residence: Oak Park, IL
Stephanie Hemphill is the author of Your Own, Sylvia, a Printz Honor winner, and Wicked Girls, an LA Times Book Prize Finalist. Residence: Naperville, IL
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and an ALA-YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist. Residence: Portland, OR
Linda Sue Park is the author of A Single Shard, winner of the Newbery Medal, and the bestselling A Long Walk to Water. Residence: Western NY
Lisa Ann Sandell is the author of A Map of the Known World, Song of the Sparrow, and The Weight of the Sky. Residence: New York, NY
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Candace Fleming
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2018, Internationale Ausgabe, 416 Seiten, Masse: 15,4 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Candace Fleming
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0525644482
- ISBN-13: 9780525644484
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Romance and intrigue dominate these accounts, as do the frustrations of being female in a time when 'no woman--not even a Queen--can... show her own power'..." Shelf Awareness, starred review
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