by Philippa Gregory · Simon & Schuster Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781471132995
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«The Taming of the Queen» is the historical novel by Philippa Gregory, published by Simon & Schuster Ltd in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow, is forced to marry Henry VIII, a king who has already been widowed four times. At court, she gains influence, unites the royal family, governs as regent and creates a study circle. Her independence and reformist ideas lead her to be accused of heresy, with death at the stake as punishment.
Twelfth installment of the Plantagenet and Tudor Novels series. Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award 2015 and winner of the Woman & Home Reader's Choice Award 2016 for best historical saga.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and the Tudor period, interested in queens with power and influence at Henry VIII's court.
Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two films.
