The Taming of the Queen

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THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROMSUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY

Why would a woman marry a serial killer
Because she cannot refuse...

Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him.

Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year. But Henry adores his new bride and Kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as Regent.

But is this enough to keep her safe A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own. But she cannot save the Protestants, under threat for their faith, and Henry's dangerous gaze turns on her.The traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrant...

From an author who has described all of Henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killer.

Praise for Philippa Gregory:

Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top formGood Housekeeping

Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writerall of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by menSunday Times

EngrossingSunday Express

Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly toldThe Times

Reviews

A master storytellerGregory captures the intrigue and suspense of life at the Tudor court in vivid detail. She skilfully combines painstaking historical research with a gripping fictional narrative and her characters are so lifelike and engaging that they practically leap from the page -- Daily Express
A cleverly wrought political novel. In introducing Parr to a new audience, Gregory has done the first lady of English letters something of a favour -- Sunday Telegraph
Gregory dramatises the story of a reluctant royal wife negotiating the anxious, dangerous years of her marriage written with her usual authority and capacity for great drama -- Sunday Times
The Taming of the Queen reads like a clever, intimate thriller -- The Times
Gregory brilliantly captures the torn loyalties, treacheries and tragedies that lie beneath the historical detail, to entertaining effect -- Good Housekeeping
The contemporary mistress of historical crime -- Kate Mosse
Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told -- The Times
Gregory creates a world in which all but the most determined women are tools in the hands of powerful men past-paced, convincing, vivid and engrossing -- Daily Express
Philippa Gregory has another hit on her hands with this gripping page-turner. Her novel simplifies and humanises the complex politics of the period -- Sunday Times
Lady Margaret Beaufort cold, clever, calculating will stop at nothing to put her son Henry Tudor on the throne. Gregory is very good at describing the bitchiness of the women in this tale of dynastic rivalry -- Daily Telegraph
Rollicking, page-turning stuff -- Metro
Popular history at its best -- Daily Mail
Meticulously researchedfor each novel she immerses herself in dozens of primary and secondary sources, before transforming them into vivid fiction -- Sunday Telegraph
History comes gloriously alive as Elizabeth Woodville seduces and marries Yorkist King Edward IV -- Daily Mirror
Philippa Gregory is truly the mistress of the historical novel. It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging -- Sunday Express
Her novels are filled with strong, determined women who take their fate into their own hands -- Financial Times
Rarely has history been so seductive -- Tatler
Gregory makes history come alive ... riveting -- Daily Express

Author Bio

Philippa Gregory is the author of manyNew York Timesbestselling novels, includingThe Other Boleyn Girl, and is a recognized authority on womens history. Many of her works have been adapted for the screenincludingThe Other Boleyn Girl. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She was awarded a CBE title for services to literature and charity in 2022. She welcomes visitors to her website PhilippaGregory.com.