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Join Alison Weir in conversation with interviewer Rebecca Fletcher, discussing her new book release 'Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife', about the last of Henry VIII’s queens.Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is in love for the first time in her life. The ageing King’s eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him. She must stifle her feelings and never betray that she wanted another.
And now she is the sixth wife – a wife and a nurse. Fearfully she dreams of the tragic parade of women who went before her. She cherishes the secret beliefs that could send her to the fire. And yet the King loves and trusts her.
Now her enemies are closing in. She must fight for her very life.
KATHARINE PARR – the last of Henry’s queens.
Alison Weir recounts the extraordinary story of a woman forced into a dangerous situation and rising heroically to the challenge. Katharine is a delightful character, a warm and kindly heroine – and yet she will be betrayed by those she loves and trusts most. Too late, the truth will dawn on her.
Alison Weir is the top-selling female historian in the United Kingdom, and has sold over 2.7 million books worldwide. She has published eighteen history books, including Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Lady in the Tower and Elizabeth of York, and seven historical novels. Her latest biography is Queens of the Conquest, and her latest novel is Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, the third in her Six Tudor Queens series.
New from May 2021: the sixth of six novels on the wives of Henry VIII in the Six Tudor Queens series for Headline.
This talk focuses on the history behind the fiction.
Copies of Alison's books are available for sale and signing in the café following the talk.
Price: £8.00
*Please note we operate a ticketless system where possible. No physical ticket will be required on the day, we will have a record of all ticket holders on the door*
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Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester, United Kingdom
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