![]() ![]() And though the story of her life has been curiously neglected, she left an enduring impression on English history. ![]() ![]() The queen who 'survived' did so only by the skin of her teeth. sansom's interpretation of this chain of events that lies at the heart of Lamentation. Although it would not be published until 1548, almost a year after the king's death, the sentiments she expressed, and Katherine's devotion to the ‘new' religion, meant she came very close to disaster. ![]() Read 1,267 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threate. It was her second book, The Lamentation of a Sinner, which caused a breach in her marriage to Henry, despite the fact that Katherine favourably compared him to Moses. Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, 6) by C.J. Sansom (author) 5 Reviews Sign in to write a review £10. Katherine believed that, with her guidance, she could prevent the king from lapsing back to Rome and possibly even advance the protestant cause. Lamentation - The Shardlake series (Paperback) C. She was deeply sympathetic to and well-read in the new protestant faith and, in some respects, saw marriage to the king as fulfilling a religious duty: he had freed England from the rule of the pope. Sansom’s Lamentation (Mulholland Books, 656 pages, 27) plunges us straight into the horrors of Henry VIII’s reign. Apart from being the last of Henry VIII's sixth wives and one of only two to outlive him, Katherine was also the first woman in England to publish in English under her own name – a huge feat and one which advanced the cause of women in literature. ![]()
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