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A review by gabrielleint
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir
5.0
This book is the final installment in Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series. I have been a fan of Alison Weir’s for years and have read a lot of her nonfiction books on the Tudors. I have been reading this series since the first installment was released.
I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I have always been most interested in Anne Boleyn, and Catharine of Aragon because of how her story overlaps with Anne’s. But Katharine Parr is very interesting and this novel really demonstrated that. She was highly educated for a woman of her age, and made sure to pass that learning onto her stepchildren. She managed to remain in Henry’s favor even through plots designed to unseat her as queen. She had three marriages that were arranged for her and chose a man she loved in her fourth and final marriage. Weir really made Katharine shine in this novel.
Also, the ending and Katharine’s final speech to her husband was very satisfying for me as a lifelong Thomas Seymour hater. Fuck that guy
I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I have always been most interested in Anne Boleyn, and Catharine of Aragon because of how her story overlaps with Anne’s. But Katharine Parr is very interesting and this novel really demonstrated that. She was highly educated for a woman of her age, and made sure to pass that learning onto her stepchildren. She managed to remain in Henry’s favor even through plots designed to unseat her as queen. She had three marriages that were arranged for her and chose a man she loved in her fourth and final marriage. Weir really made Katharine shine in this novel.
Also, the ending and Katharine’s final speech to her husband was very satisfying for me as a lifelong Thomas Seymour hater. Fuck that guy