The Sixth Wife
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Robert Hale
)The Sixth Wife is a 1953
Jean Plaidy. It recounts the tale of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, King of England. The novel covers the life of Catherine as Queen, and her fearful feeling of being replaced in the King's eyes.[1]
Though the novel conveys Catherine's life, several other characters' lives are foreshadowed as well. Catherine's family play a key role including her sister
Dowager Duchess of Richmond and former romantic interest Thomas Seymour.[2]
The novel unfolds over a period of five years, recounting Catherine's rise as
Dowager Queen
.
Historical inaccuracies
Though the novel is a work of
pregnant and she lost the child shortly after the wedding, something which is entirely fictional. Catherine Howard is also recalled to have lost a child. There is only small historical evidence to suggest that Catherine may have become pregnant during her short term as Queen, but she may have suffered a false pregnancy before beginning her menstrual cycle and not having a miscarriage as stated in the novel.[3]
Today, the pregnancies of the wives are still debated, with Boleyn and Howard possibly having miscarriages, and Seymour maybe having one during her early marriage, and not before as fictitiously stated.
References
- ISBN 978-0-307-49788-8.
- ^ Plaidy, Jean (1969). The sixth wife. Internet Archive. New York, Putnam.
- ^ "Anne Boleyn's Miscarriage of 1536 by Sarah Bryson - The Tudor Society". www.tudorsociety.com. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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