Thomas Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal, has married Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves to bind England to the Protestant princes. But the king’s eye has turned to Katharine Howard, a Catholic girl of learning and conviction, and from Paris to Hampton Court envoys, scholars and schemers struggle over a marriage that may ruin Cromwell.
The second novel of Ford’s Fifth Queen trilogy, a dense, dramatic picture of Tudor power. Download the free EPUB.