Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse Kateryn Parr a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives
- King Henry VIII
- commands her to marry him Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces the previous queen lasted sixteen months the one before barely half a year But Henry adores his new bride & Kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court & rules the kingdom as Regent But is this enough to keep her safe? A leader of religious reform & the first woman to publish in English Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own But she cannot save the Protestants under threat for their faith & Henry's dangerous gaze turns on her The traditional churchmen & rivals for power accuse her of heresy
- the punishment is death by fire & the king's name is on the warrant From an author who has described all of Henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last a woman who longed for passion power & education at the court of a medieval killer