The Catherine Howard Conspiracy, Alexandra Walsh
The Catherine Howard Conspiracy, Alexandra Walsh
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The Catherine Howard Conspiracy

Author: Alexandra Walsh

Narrator: Emma Gregory

Unabridged: 16 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/17/2019


Synopsis

Whitehall Palace, England, 1539

When Catherine Howard arrives at the court of King Henry VIII to be a maid of honour in the household of the new queen, Anne of Cleves, she has no idea of the fate that awaits her.

Catching the king's fancy, she finds herself caught up in her uncle's ambition to get a Howard heir to the throne. Terrified by the ageing king after the fate that befell her cousin, Anne Boleyn, Catherine begins to fear for her life . . .

Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2018

Dr Perdita Rivers receives news of the death of her estranged grandmother, renowned Tudor historian Mary Fitzroy. Mary inexplicably cut all contact with Perdita and her twin sister, Piper, but she has left them Marquess House, her vast estate in Pembrokeshire.

Perdita sets out to unravel their grandmother's motives for abandoning them, and is drawn into the mystery of an ancient document in the archives of Marquess House, a collection of letters and diaries claiming the records of Catherine Howard's execution were falsified . . .

About Alexandra Walsh

Alexandra Walsh is the author of the Marquess House Trilogy.


Reviews

My thanks to NetGalley and Sapere books for a review copy of this book. The Catherine Howard Conspiracy is the first in a trilogy, the Marquess House trilogy, and is a mystery/thriller that unfolds in two parallel timelines. After a brief prologue setting out some events in 1542 Pembrokeshire, we com......more

Well now? The question is, although very well-written, did the premise entice and enthral me? For me, the answer is that everything is well presented, the main ideas of the book were not strongly believable. That might just be me, so I do not hesitate to recommend this book to others interested in t......more