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If you enjoyed "The Tudors" series on TV or DVD, you will certainly enjoy this novel based on the life of Katherine Parr, Lady Latymer, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII.

The novel opens with Katherine ("Kit") in attendance on her dying husband, Lord Latymer. She is also in custody of her step-daughter, Meg. Katherine, knowledgeable in herbs, seeks to end her husband's pain, and in seeing to end his sufferings, she also unknowingly seals her own fate in Henry's Court.

While in the TV series Katherine Parr is in love with Thomas Seymour before her husband dies, in this novel, Katherine falls in love with Seymour only after the death of her husband but before marrying King Henry.

King Henry VIII is portrayed as a morbidly obese, foul-smelling, powerful man of mercurial temperament. He beats Katherine, leaving bruises for her faithful maid, Dot, to tend. Henry is still intent on fathering another son, even with Katherine being on her third marriage with no living children.

Katherine's "gambit" as the title of the novel plays at, is her bet that she can win over Henry and keep her life, which no queen has done yet. Katherine comes close to succeeding in her agenda by publishing two religious books in her own right, a first for a queen, but she comes perilously close to losing her place when she befriends the infamous Anne Askew. Her associations with the more radical reformers is in direct opposition to Henry's own leanings back to Rome as he gets closer and closer to death. Katherine is reprieved from her dethronement only by her own wits, and the rapid decline of Henry's health.

Katherine is intelligent, educated, literate, an author, a healer, and a student of court politics. She knows what to say and to whom, and when. The Tudor Court is an art, and Katherine knows how to navigate it with grace, and safety.

The novel hints that Katherine was tutored alongside the Lady Mary, Henry's daughter, putting them around the same age!

This is a fun novel to read, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.


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Queen Gambit The Tudor Trilogy Elizabeth Fremantle Elizabeth Fremantle 9781405909389 Books Reviews

Katherine Parr seems to be this year's hot ticket as far as the Tudor historical fiction goes. I've seen at least three new novels focused on Henry VIII's last wife, and more seem to be popping up regularly on my recommendations. This one started off with a bang. Katherine's second husband, Lord Latymer, is on his deathbed, in extreme pain, begging Katherine, who apparently has great knowledge of herbs, to euthanize him. Shortly after his passing, she and her stepdaughter are called to court and put into the service of Mary Tudor, the king's eldest child. Almost simultaneously, Katherine falls in love with the dashing but unscrupulous Thomas Seymour and is chosen as Henry's next queen. When duty calls, love must wait.

Most of the novel follows the historical course of events--with, of course, some speculation and embellishment. Katherine is a sympathetic but somewhat dull figure, but, fortunately, Fremantle develops some very interesting secondary characters who keep the story going. Dr. Huicke, the king's physician, is sent to Latymer's sickbed. He admires Katherine's strength, diligence, and cunning in herbology, and the two become close friends, to the point where the two even share some dangerous secrets. Fremantle also develops a side story focused on Dorothy (Dot) Fownten, a maid first to Katherine's stepdaughter and then to her. Dot, a keen observer of human nature and devoted to the queen, provides insights into the historic events and persons and even has a romance of her own.

Although I love historical fiction, I prefer mine to have a bit more history and a lot less schlocky romance--which, unfortunately, is where this novel heads in the last third or so. Still, it was a fast and fairly enjoyable read. Fremantle provides an appendix to the book that I know I will return to in working on my own novel. It includes not a brief "who's who" list of the historic figures but also a very fine list of resources.
. . . has been twice married before Henry notices her. The story extends from 1543 to 1549, into her fourth marriage. The story is related mostly by lowborn Dorothy Fownton, Dot to most, Katherine’s dresser and friend. Haunted by what she feels to be her sins, some pretty serious, Katherine is nevertheless bright, witty, learned, and outspoken, even to this most dangerous of Kings. Besides Henry and Seymour, the novel is populated by Henry’s daughters from previous marriages, Mary and Elizabeth, both declared illegitimate; by Dr. Huicke; William Parr, her brother; Margaret Neville, her step-daughter from her first marriage; Anne, her sister; and assorted courtiers and ladies of the Court. The qualities of courage, good looks, and a bright intelligence first bring her to Henry’s attention, and later enable her to escape the fate extended to previous wives.
If you enjoyed "The Tudors" series on TV or DVD, you will certainly enjoy this novel based on the life of Katherine Parr, Lady Latymer, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII.

The novel opens with Katherine ("Kit") in attendance on her dying husband, Lord Latymer. She is also in custody of her step-daughter, Meg. Katherine, knowledgeable in herbs, seeks to end her husband's pain, and in seeing to end his sufferings, she also unknowingly seals her own fate in Henry's Court.

While in the TV series Katherine Parr is in love with Thomas Seymour before her husband dies, in this novel, Katherine falls in love with Seymour only after the death of her husband but before marrying King Henry.

King Henry VIII is portrayed as a morbidly obese, foul-smelling, powerful man of mercurial temperament. He beats Katherine, leaving bruises for her faithful maid, Dot, to tend. Henry is still intent on fathering another son, even with Katherine being on her third marriage with no living children.

Katherine's "gambit" as the title of the novel plays at, is her bet that she can win over Henry and keep her life, which no queen has done yet. Katherine comes close to succeeding in her agenda by publishing two religious books in her own right, a first for a queen, but she comes perilously close to losing her place when she befriends the infamous Anne Askew. Her associations with the more radical reformers is in direct opposition to Henry's own leanings back to Rome as he gets closer and closer to death. Katherine is reprieved from her dethronement only by her own wits, and the rapid decline of Henry's health.

Katherine is intelligent, educated, literate, an author, a healer, and a student of court politics. She knows what to say and to whom, and when. The Tudor Court is an art, and Katherine knows how to navigate it with grace, and safety.

The novel hints that Katherine was tutored alongside the Lady Mary, Henry's daughter, putting them around the same age!

This is a fun novel to read, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.