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Queen's Gambit

Widowed for the second time at age thirty-one Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. No one is in a position to refuse a royal proposal so, haunted by the fates of his previous wives?two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth?Katherine must wed Henry and become his sixth queen. Katherine has to employ all her instincts to navigate the treachery of the court, drawing a tight circle of women around her, including her stepdaughter, Meg, traumatized by events from their past that are shrouded in secrecy, and their loyal servant Dot, who knows and sees more than she understands. With the Catholic faction on the rise once more, reformers being burned for heresy, and those close to the king vying for position, Katherine?s survival seems unlikely. Yet as she treads the razor?s edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love.

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  • "Widowed for the second time aged thirty-one, Katherine is obliged to return to court but, suspicious of the aging Henry and those who surround him, she does so with reluctance. Nevertheless when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour, she believes she might finally be able to marry for love. But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another...Captivated by her honesty and intelligence, Henry Tudor has his own plans for Katherine and no one is in the position to refuse a proposal from the king. With her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent, Katherine becomes Henry's sixth wife. Passionate about religious reform, and ever aware of the fates of his previous queens, she must draw upon all her instincts and intellect to navigate the treachery of the court. With the Catholic faction once more in the ascendency, reformers burned for heresy and those around the dying king vying for position in the new regime, her survival seems unlikely - and yet she has still not quite given up on love."
  • "Katherine Parr is 31 years old and already twice widowed. She's in love with a man she can't have, and about to wed a man no-one would want - for her husband-to-be is none other than Henry VIII, who has already beheaded two wives, cast aside two more, and watched one die in childbirth. What will become of Katherine once she's wearing Henry Tudor's ring and becomes Queen of England? They say that the sharpest blades are sheathed in the softest pouches. Only time will tell what she is really made of ..."
  • "Widowed for the second time at age thirty-one, Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. Unable to refuse a royal proposal, but haunted by the fates of his previous wives, Katherine must become Henry's sixth queen... and try to navigate the treachery of the court."
  • "Widowed for the second time at age thirty-one Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent. No one is in a position to refuse a royal proposal so, haunted by the fates of his previous wives?two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth?Katherine must wed Henry and become his sixth queen. Katherine has to employ all her instincts to navigate the treachery of the court, drawing a tight circle of women around her, including her stepdaughter, Meg, traumatized by events from their past that are shrouded in secrecy, and their loyal servant Dot, who knows and sees more than she understands. With the Catholic faction on the rise once more, reformers being burned for heresy, and those close to the king vying for position, Katherine?s survival seems unlikely. Yet as she treads the razor?s edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love."@en
  • "A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court."
  • "A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"

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  • "Spiel der Königin : Roman : [ein Tudor-Roman]"
  • "Queen's Gambit"@en
  • "Queen's Gambit a Novel"@en
  • "Queen's Gambit A Novel of Katherine Parr"@en
  • "Spiel der Königin Ein Tudor-Roman"
  • "Spiel der Königin : Roman"
  • "˜Dasœ Spiel der Königin Roman"
  • "Das Spiel der Königin Roman"
  • "La mossa della regina"@it
  • "La mossa della regina"
  • "Queen's gambit"
  • "Queen's gambit"@en
  • "Das Spiel der Königin : Roman"
  • "Spiel der Königin ein Tudor-Roman"

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