Katharina: Deliverance by Margaret Skea (a review) [The publisher kindly provided me with an advanced reading copy of Margaret Skea's new historical novel, due to be published on October 18th.] 'It is very shameful that children, especially defenceless young girls, are pushed into the nunneries. Shame on the unmerciful parents who treat their own so …
Tag: the Reformation
The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory ' "....He is a madman, Kateryn, he has been mad for years. ....And you will be his next victim.' " This is the stark warning delivered to Kateryn Parr by Thomas Seymour in Philippa Gregory's brilliant novel reconstruction of the marriage of Henry VIII and his sixth wife. Set in the 1540s, …