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purple_nimbus August 8 2013, 03:16:16 UTC
I don't know that I've actually ever seen any other novels on Katherine Parr! This one goes on my list, do you know of any others?

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fashion_piranha August 8 2013, 03:29:39 UTC
Let me think...

Jean Plaidy had one, written back in the 1950s, called The Sixth Wife. It has remained in print, and I've heard it's quite good, but I haven't actually read it yet.

Katherine also figures prominently in Alison Weir's The Lady Elizabeth by virtue of the fact that Elizabeth lived with her for a time, but she isn't the main character. I thought that was an entertaining read, although by the end of the book Elizabeth's vanity is a bit grating.

There's also The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson and The Ivy Crown by Mary Luke. Again, I haven't read either one, but the Erickson one is fairly recent. Mary Luke's is older but it was strongly recommended to me.

The one author I thought would surely have written about her, but hasn't, is Philippa Gregory. She's covered many of the other Tudor monarchs but I guess she never got around to Katherine.

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