The Sixth Wife — Jean Plaidy

"God save the Queen!"

Never was the cry more meaningful than during the last tempestuous years of Henry VIII, when that murderous and mighty monarch forced gentle Katharine Parr to become his sixth queen.

Quiet and courageous, Katharine suffered through each day, knowing her life depended on the whims of a vain, violent-tempered husband whose five previous marriages had ended in scandal or death or both.

Haunted by the memories of her predecessors and their tragic fates, tormented by her secret love for the dashing Sir Thomas Seymour, surrounded by enemies who daily plotted to turn the King against her, Katharine could only hope that she would outlive the sick, aging tyrant. The King needed her now. And Katharine knew well that her skill as a nurse was all that stood between her and the executioner's axe....

Jean Plaidy, one of England's foremost historical novelists, brings to vivid life the pageantry and intrigue of a dazzling and turbulent era of England's past ... and the unforgettable woman who stood for a time in its fiery center.