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Writings of certain nineteenth and twentieth-century historians continue to colour ourperceptions of the past, but is the picture of Katherine Howard painted by some of themnecessarily fair? Was she really a neglected young girl set up by an unscrupulous family toenable them to exercise control over Henry VIII, or a secure teenager brought up in the homeof her illustrious step-grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who treated her well?Ultimately, was her untimely death the fault of others or the result of Katherine's own ill-advised choices?Through original research and use of primary sources, Queen Katherine and the Howards: ATudor Family on the Brink of Disaster examines the Howards' journey from practising law inEast Anglia to their elevation to the dukedom of Norfolk by Richard III and, following theYorkist defeat at Bosworth, their decades of service and loyalty to the fledgling Tudordynasty. The final weeks of Katherine Howard's short life, presented as a day-to-day narr

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      Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2025
      ISBN13: 9781036112523, 978-1036112523
      ISBN10: 1036112527
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      Book Synopsis
      Writings of certain nineteenth and twentieth-century historians continue to colour ourperceptions of the past, but is the picture of Katherine Howard painted by some of themnecessarily fair? Was she really a neglected young girl set up by an unscrupulous family toenable them to exercise control over Henry VIII, or a secure teenager brought up in the homeof her illustrious step-grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who treated her well?Ultimately, was her untimely death the fault of others or the result of Katherine's own ill-advised choices?Through original research and use of primary sources, Queen Katherine and the Howards: ATudor Family on the Brink of Disaster examines the Howards' journey from practising law inEast Anglia to their elevation to the dukedom of Norfolk by Richard III and, following theYorkist defeat at Bosworth, their decades of service and loyalty to the fledgling Tudordynasty. The final weeks of Katherine Howard's short life, presented as a day-to-day narr

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