The Fifth Queen, Ford Madox Ford
The Fifth Queen, Ford Madox Ford
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The Fifth Queen
And How She Came to Court

Author: Ford Madox Ford

Narrator: Victoria Styles

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2025

Synopsis

A captivating historical narrative around Katharine Howard's rise as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. Amidst the treacherous intrigues of the Tudor court, Katharine navigates the shifting allegiances and political machinations surrounding the throne. Her journey is one of ambition, love, and peril, as Ford vividly portrays the tension between personal integrity and the dangerous allure of power in a volatile era.

About Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and editor whose two journals, the English Review and the Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early-twentieth-century English literature. He wrote dozens of novels during his lifetime, but he is now best remembered for The Good Soldier and Parade's End, the latter of which was originally published as four books: Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Poet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fonch on December 14, 2021

dedicated to Noriko with affection. Ladies and gentlemen, I apologise for my vagrancy in writing reviews, other than laziness (very natural defect in me) my delay in grief made me more in goodreads' duel than in commenting and analyzing what I read. I will try to alleviate this gap in the coming days......more

Goodreads review by Doreen on October 19, 2011

In this novel (or trio of novellas, to be more accurate) written in the early 1900s, Ford Madox Ford set himself a challenge, to write a novel of Tudor England in a style that sought to re-create the language of the actual time period. The book that resulted is not the easiest for modern readers to......more

Goodreads review by Lorileinart on March 10, 2008

Originally published in the 60's, long before Phillipa Gregory, Ford Madox Ford was cooking up stories about the Desperate Housewives of Windsor Castle.......more

Goodreads review by Steph on July 07, 2017

Very different- a modernist take on historical fiction- but very interesting. Highly recommended if you're already familiar with the style..........more

Goodreads review by Lucy on September 18, 2022

It’s pretty clear that Ford’s trilogy about Katherine Howard had a huge influence on Mantel’s trilogy about Cromwell. Not only does the latter end where the former begins but Mantel evidently drew inspiration for her characterization of players common to both stories, notably but not limited to Crom......more

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