Alison Weir created another amazing story! Weir is master storyteller as we get another portrait of a Tudor queen. This is of course the 6th and final book in her Six Tudor Queens series. It portrays the life of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr.
Just as with the other books, we follow Katherine from childhood to adulthood. Katherine’s life experiences shape her into the queen she eventually became. Katherine was unique in the fact that prior to Henry, she was married twice before and lost both husbands. Henry the VIII was her third husband and we get to see these final years as Henry’s health declines. Aside from Anne of Cleves, she is the only other queen to outlive Henry and get to see the coronation of her stepson. In this series, we get to see more of the growing tension between the Catholics and Protestants. We also get to see more of Mary and Elizabeth as they grow older and how different events shape them as well.
I’ve always loved the Tudor period. It is so easy to get lost in these books as
Alison Weir has such a great talent for weaving a tale of fact and fiction. You can always read in the author’s note what
is fact versus fiction. I highly
recommend this series if you enjoy historical fiction or just the Tudor period itself.
