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Fifth Queen Audiobook

The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, And The Fifth Queen Crowned

by Ford Madox Ford
language: english
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing, June of 2011 ‧
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Ford Maddox Ford’s masterful trilogy of historical fiction centers on Katharine Howard, a young girl of a proud, noble, and impoverished family who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his controversial fifth queen.

In book one, The Fifth Queen, Katharine arrives at the king’s court to find its dimly lit corridors vibrating with corruption and fear as unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power maneuver for advantage. Clever, beautiful, and outspoken, Katharine soon becomes caught in a web of intrigue and romance as she fights for political and religious change.

In book two, Privy Seal, Katharine becomes locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, and continues her battle for change.

Finally, in book three, The Fifth Queen Crowned, Katharine once again becomes caught in a web of court intrigues. She believes strongly in a restoration of the Catholic faith, but this conviction has made her vicious enemies, for a return to the Church of Rome would mean reinstating the lands and riches taken from the church under Henry’s reign. Here, Katharine’s fatal combat with Thomas Cromwell reaches its stunning conclusion.

Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding. His sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people’s lives.

Fifth Queen

The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, And The Fifth Queen Crowned

by Ford Madox Ford

Property Description
ISBN: 9781483076188
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: June of 2011
Language: English
Format: Audiobook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781483076188

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford nasceu a 17 de dezembro de 1873, em Merton, no Reino Unido. O seu verdadeiro nome era Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer. O seu avô era o pintor pré-rafaelita Ford Madox Brown, em homenagem ao qual adotaria o nome literário. O autor de O Bom Soldado cresceu num meio cultural e artístico e, aos 18 anos, escreveu o seu primeiro livro, The Shifting of the Fire, tendo colaborado depois com Joseph Conrad na escrita de três romances (Os Herdeiros, 1901, Romance, 1903, e A Natureza de Um Crime, 1909). A sua obra mais conhecida haveria de ser O Bom Soldado, em que se narra a tragédia cruzada de dois «casais perfeitos», com recurso a várias técnicas literárias inovadoras. Em 1908, fundou The English Review, onde publicou textos de alguns autores britânicos conhecidos, mas também de desconhecidos como o eram então D. H. Lawrence e Ezra Pound. Entre 1924 e 1928, escreveu a tetralogia Parade’s End, sobre a vida inglesa antes e depois da guerra, utilizando as suas experiências na frente como oficial no Corpo de Fuzileiros Reais Galeses. Na década de 1920, Ford Madox Ford lançou uma nova publicação, The Transatlantic Review, tendo vivido durante uma época no bairro parisiense de Montparnasse, onde estabeleceria relações de amizade com escritores que viria a publicar, como James Joyce, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein e Jean Rhys (com quem viveu). Numa estada posterior nos EUA, relacionou-se com Katherine Anne Porter e Robert Lowell. Ford Madox Ford morreu em Deauville, em França, a 26 de junho de 1939.

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