The Fifth Queen
A Novel of the Court of Henry VIII
$38.02
- Paperback
607 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
Ford Madox Ford’s novel about the doomed Katharine Howard, fifth queen of Henry VIII, is a neglected masterpiece.
Kat Howard, intelligent, beautiful, naively outspoken, and passionately idealistic, catches the eye of Henry VIII and improbably becomes his fifth wife. A teenager who has grown up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. It is a time of great upheaval, as unscrupulous courtiers maneuver for power while religious fanatics, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307744913 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307744914 |
| Author: | Ford Madox Ford |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 607 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 201mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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Critics Review
“Ford’s last Fifth Queen novel is amazing. The whole cycle is a noble conception.” – Joseph Conrad “The best historical romance of this century.” –The Times Literary Supplement (London)
“The Fifth Queen is a magnificent bravura piece.” –Graham Greene
About The Author
Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford, born Ford Hermann Hueffer, was born in 1873 in Surrey, England. He collaborated with Joseph Conrad on “The Inheritors” and other books, and prolifically published poetry, criticism, and fiction throughout his lifetime. He founded the “English Review” in 1908 and later edited the “Transatlantic Review”, publishing Joyce, Hemingway, and Pound, among others. He died in 1939.
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