THE CONFESSION OF KATHERINE HOWARD
Book ID/图书代码： 05380010B35078
English Summary/英文概要： “Now, I wish I could go back, patter over the lavish carpets to tap us on the shoulders, whisper in our ears and get us out of there alive. Little did we know it, but, that night, we were already ghosts in our own lives.”
When twelve-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolk’s household, poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious of her. The two girls couldn’t be more different: Cat, watchful and ambitious; Katherine, interested only in clothes and boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine, but it’s Cat in whom Katherine confides and, despite herself, Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at seventeen, Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover, Francis, and the two begin their own, much more serious, love affair.
Within months, the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. The future seems assured for the new queen and her maid-in-waiting, although Cat would feel more confident if Katherine hadn’t embarked on an affair with one of the king’s favoured attendants, Thomas Culpeper.
However, for a blissful year and a half, it seems that Katherine can have everything she wants. But then allegations are made about her girlhood love affairs. Desperately frightened, Katherine recounts a version of events which implicates Francis but which Cat knows to be a lie. With Francis in the Tower, Cat alone knows the whole truth of Katherine Howard’s past.
Beautifully written and compellingly evocative, The Confession of Katherine Howard brings alive a story of passionate love and betrayal.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “现在，我希望我能够回去，在奢华的地毯上张开我们的肩膀，在我们耳朵窃窃私语，让我们活着离开那里。我们很少有人知道，但是，那天晚上，我们已经是自己生活中的幽灵了。
当12岁的凯瑟琳•霍华德住进诺福克公爵夫人的家庭，连微不足道的卡特•蒂尔尼都深深怀疑她。这两个女孩很不一样：卡特警惕有雄心，凯瑟琳只对衣服和男孩感兴趣。他们的同伴都顺从凯瑟琳，但只有卡特是凯瑟琳所信赖的，除了凯瑟琳她自己，卡特是唯一吸引到她的人。
17岁的凯瑟琳被法庭传唤，在她的前情人弗朗西斯的陪同下离开了卡特，然后他们两个开始认真地恋爱。
几个月后，国王为了凯瑟琳不顾他的发妻安妮。凯瑟琳未来似乎可以确定为新王后和她的宫女，如果凯瑟琳没有开始与国王的一名受宠服务员托马斯•库帕尔有外遇，卡特会觉得更加确信。
这一年半间，凯瑟琳似乎已经拥有了她想要的一切。但后来有人揭发她少女时代的爱情。害怕到绝望的凯瑟琳讲述了弗朗西斯的事情，但卡特知道这是谎言。弗朗西斯被蒙在鼓里，就卡特一个人知道凯瑟琳•霍华德过去的全部事实。
优美的文笔和咄咄逼人地勾起回忆。《凯瑟琳．霍华德的忏悔》带来一个爱和背叛的鲜活故事。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：被列入2011WH史密斯．理查德和朱迪读书俱乐部名单
赞美《第六任妻子》
“我的天，一个怎样的故事。。。完全令人信服。”《纽约时报》
苏珊娜．邓恩。。。编织一个感人和可信的爱情故事。这在都铎王朝世界很少看到。《每日电讯报》
令人着迷的以及优美的文笔。《苏格兰人报》
赞美《女王的微妙》
“一个惊人的新方式陈述一个古老的故事。现在我经常放弃历史小说，但是我真的不能把这一本放下。它给安妮．博林带来前所未有的生活，也许有史以来第一次出现在小说中，亨利八世作为真正可信的角色出现在一个真实的环境中。”艾莉森．威尔
“一位非凡的作家，一位抒情诗人的普通生活以及普通人极端的情绪下的现象。”《每日电讯报》
“她听演讲的节奏是不会错误的，她感受的细节体验非常精准。这需要大量的艺术性创造现实生活的幻觉，她已经非常成功，这是我们现实生活多么陌生都可以。”《泰晤士报》
About the Author/作者介绍： Suzannah Dunn在她的第二部历史小说中描绘动荡时代的生活。《第六任妻子》关注亨利八世的最后一任妻子凯瑟琳．帕尔的最后几年，讲述了凯瑟琳的亲密朋友和知己，萨福克公爵夫人。亨利死了只有六个星期，凯瑟琳秘密地可耻地——与潇洒的朝臣托马斯．西摩结婚，不久之后受孕。迟来的怀孕、期盼已久的第一个孩子。但凯瑟琳几天内分娩后就去世了，孤儿孩子仅仅七个月后就以叛国罪为名被西摩处死。Suzannah Dunn is the author of ten previous novels, all of which have been critically acclaimed. She has written three historical novels: The Queen of Subtleties, The Sixth Wife and The Queen’s Sorrow.
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