Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII by Gareth Russell: A Book Review
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII Author: Gareth Russell Genre: History, Nonfiction, Biography Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: 2017 Pages: 465 Source: Edelweiss/Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: On the morning of July 28, 1540, a teenager named Catherine Howard began her reign as queen of an England simmering with rebellion and terrifying uncertainty. Sixteen months later, she would follow her cousin Anne Boleyn to the scaffold, having been convicted of adultery and high treason. The broad outlines of Catherine’s career might be familiar, but her story up until now has been incomplete. Unlike previous biographies, which portray her as a naïve victim of an ambitious family, Gareth Russell’s “excellent account puts the oft-ignored Catherine in her proper historical context” (Daily Mail, London) and sheds new light on her rise and downfall by showing her in her context, a mil...