Firebrand by Elizabeth Fremantle
Soon to be a major motion picture, Firebrand shows the tumultuous darker side to the marriages of the notorious King of England, Henry VIII, and the wife who survived.
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. Instead, she attracts the amorous attentions of the ailing, egotistical,and dangerously powerful Henry VIII. No one is able to refuse a royal proposal. Haunted by the fates of his previous wivesâtwo executions, two annulments, one death in childbirthâKatherine must wed Henry and rely on her wits and the help of her loyal servant Dot to survive the treacherous pitfalls of life as Henryâs queen. Yet as she treads the razorâs edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love.