KATHERINE HOWARD: THE TRAGIC STORY OF HENRY VIII’S FIFTH QUEEN
Book ID/图书代码： 00530016B93204
English Summary/英文概要： ‘...a stunning proposal, one of the most exciting I’ve seen, and so well written. The title is brilliant.’ Alison Weir
Katherine Howard was the fifth wife of Henry VIII and cousin to the executed Anne Boleyn. She was beheaded at the age of seventeen in 1542 for crimes of adultery and treason. It was the great scandal of the Tudor age.
The traditional story of Katherine Howard dwells on her sexual exploits before she married Henry. Here, her relationships with Henry Mannock and Francis Dereham confirm her as an empty-headed wanton. Then, following her move to court as a maiden of honour to Anne of Cleves, Katherine resumed her debauchery with Thomas Culpeper, a relationship that was continued even after her marriage to Henry. Katherine’s fall and execution are seen as just rewards for having led an abominable life.
The true story of Katherine Howard could not be more different. It is a dark tale of child sexual abuse, court factionalism, religious conflict and political and sexual intrigue. A bright, kind and intelligent young woman, Katherine was fond of clothes and dancing, but she also had a sense of duty and tried to be a good wife and queen to Henry. Little more than a child in a man’s world, she was the tragic victim of those who held positions of authority over her and from whose influence she would never escape.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 凯瑟琳•霍华德（Katherine Howard ）是亨利八世的第五位妻子，也是被处死的Anne Boleyn的表妹。她于1542年由于通奸和叛国罪被处死。这也是当时都铎王朝的一大丑闻。
凯瑟琳•霍华德的传统生平事迹在于其嫁给亨利前的放荡生活，她与Henry Mannock 和 Francis Dereham的关系确定了她是一名没有大脑的淫妇。之后，她来到宫廷，成为Anne的侍女，与 Thomas Culpeper关系暧昧，甚至在嫁给亨利后，仍旧与 Thomas Culpeper保持关系。凯瑟琳的堕落和最后被处决恰恰是对其可憎的一生的回馈。
然而，有关凯瑟琳的真实故事却大不相同，这是一个关于儿童性虐待、宫廷党派斗争、宗教信仰冲突和政治阴谋的黑暗故事。聪明、善良的凯瑟琳喜欢衣服和跳舞，但她也知道自己的义务，试图成为亨利的好妻子，做一名好王后。但她却不幸沦为那些掌控她人生的弄权者的悲剧牺牲品。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“……刻画了成人世界中的一个孩子的命运，那些不择手段的男人掌控着她的人生，造成了她的悲剧。”——《书商》周刊
“这是一个冷酷的故事，但对于那些对都铎王朝痴迷的读者而言，无论是传记、小说或电影，这会是一部不错的作品，”——《悉尼先驱晨报》
“一部令人印象深刻的修正主义传记……好的历史会挑战我们的思维，让我们思考过去和当下。这就是一部好的历史。”——《泰晤士报》
"...a riveting portrait of a child in a man’s world, the tragic victim of unscrupulous men in positions of authority over her."
The Bookseller
"It is a grim story but for those who continue to be fascinated by Tudor history, in biographies or novels or films, it will be required reading. "
Sydney Morning Herald
"an impressive revisionist biography … Good history challenges us to think as much about the present as about the past. This is good history."
The Times
"[A] meticulous biography ."
Daily Telegraph
About the Author/作者介绍： Josepha Josephine Wilkinson 博士获得了纽卡斯尔大学的一级荣誉学位，曾凭借作品《世界末日》荣获 Third Year 大奖，此后她在纽卡斯尔大学进修，又获得了硕士和博士学位。
她曾担任格莱斯顿图书馆的驻校学者，格莱斯顿图书馆是英国唯一一座住宅式图书馆，于1898年由伟大的维多利亚政客William Gladstone建立。
作为英国学会大奖的获奖者，她还著有《查理三世》等著作。她的其他爱好还包括17世纪法国，尤其是路易十四世及其宫廷等。
Dr Josepha Josephine Wilkinson received a First Class Honours degree from the University of Newcastle. She was the winner of the Third Year Prize for her work on The Little Apocalypse, which placed Mark chapter 13 into its historical context, and the Jewish Studies Prize for her historical study of the community at Qumran. She remained at Newcastle, earning an MPhil for her thesis on the historical John the Baptist (as close to a biography as is possible to do); her PhD traced historical traditions and legends of John the Baptist across several cultures as well as art, literature and film.
She was a scholar-in-residence at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden (formerly St Deiniol’s Library), Britain’s only residential library. This was founded in 1898 by the great Victorian statesman, William Gladstone. Great Britain’s only Prime Ministerial library, it is based on Gladstone’s personal collection. Dr Wilkinson has also held an honorary post at the University of Glasgow.
The recipient of a British Academy award, she is the author of Richard III, the Young King to Be, published by Amberley. Other books are Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII’s Favourite Mistress, The Early Loves of Anne Boleyn and The Princes in the Tower. Her other interests include seventeenth-century France, with particular focus on Louis XIV and his court, Nicolas Foucquet, and the historical figures behind the Man in the Iron Mask and Dumas’s Three Musketeers. She is also interested in the history behind the Rennes-le-Chateau/Priory of Sion mystery.
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