Henry VIII¿s True Daughter av Wendy J Dunn

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The lives of Tudor women often offer faint but fascinating footnotes on the pages of history. The life of Catherine ¿ or Katryn as her husband would one day pen her name ¿ Carey, the daughter of Mary Boleyn and, as the weight of evidence suggests, Henry VIII, is one of those footnotes.As the possible daughter of Henry VIII, the niece of Anne Boleyn and the favourite of Elizabeth I, Catherine¿s life offers us a unique perspective on the reigns of Henry and his children. In this book, Wendy J. Dunn takes these brief details of Catherine¿s life and turns them into a rich account of a woman who deserves her story told. Following the faint trail provided of her life from her earliest years to her death in service to Queen Elizabeth, Dunn examines the evidence of Catherine¿s parentage and views her world through the lens of her relationship with the royal family she served.This book presents an important story of a woman who saw and experienced much tragedy and political turmoil during the r