The author’s adherence to historical detail is admirable, clashing with both title and cover, which imply far more froth than readers will find between the covers.Ī substantive, sobering historical read, with just a few heaving bodices.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The mounting terror as lusty, luxury-loving Cat’s fortunes fall is palpable, as is the sense that the queen is no innocent. Her sense of her own powerlessness, and by extension all women's, even the queen’s, comes through clearly. Kitty's narration is formal, but her language is modern, a balance between authenticity and readability that is mostly successful. She concentrates on domestic details while brushing with broad strokes the politics of the men’s world. Hewing closely to what little is known about Howard's circumstances, Longshore allows Kitty to thread the maze of alliances that was the court of Henry VIII. Cat rescues mousy friend Kitty to attend her in her chambers, giving Kitty and readers an intimate view of that history. When Cat is selected to be one of Anne of Cleves’ ladies-in-waiting, she soon catches the king’s eye, and the rest, as they say, is history. Quotations in the final copy may differ.The short life and times of Henry VIII's fifth wife, as seen through the eyes of her friend.Ĭat Howard styles herself Queen of Misrule in the Duchess of Norfolk's maidens’ chamber (a misnomer if ever there was one). 'Of course not.' She paused to look at me, shadows eclipsing half her face, blue eyes glittering in the miinlight from the tall, narrow windows of the upper gallery. I left the question - Are you? - off the end of the sentence. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!.BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!).
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