The Taming of the Queen

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hy would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse... Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives – King Henry VIII – commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about ...

from flourgirl49

Thank God Phillippa Gregory is hopefully finished with the Cousins War books - I really couldn't take any more of that. This book is about Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife. I do love how Gregory uses the language, shaping the words, the conversation, the inflection to accurately reflect how...

from gypsysmom

As usual Philippa Gregory has brought the life and times of the English kings and queens to life. Almost everyone in the English-speaking world must know that King Henry VIII had six wives. The mnemonic I learned to remember how that occurred was "divorced (Katherine of Aragon), beheaded (Anne Bo...

from Beamis12

Kateryn Parr, the least known of Henry's wives, this is a good look at this queen and the fear and hope she lived with daily. My first surprise was the spelling of her name, Kateryn, for some reason I always thought she was another Katherine. I think Gregory's biggest skill is setting a scene, sh...

from lbswiener

The Taming of the Queen is a tiresome book. Tiresome in that the dialogue goes on and on. Clearly a lot of research went into the history of King Henry VIII's wife, Catherine Parr. According to this book Catherine escaped her own beheading, an abusive husband (King Henry VIII) and was considerabl...