![]() ![]() Nevertheless, the woman behind the queen was often at odds with her formal presentation. ![]() He looks at Katheryn in the context of her queenship, which, externally, at least was successful – her poise, her grasp of etiquette and her public persona all received praise. Older accounts of her life portray her as girl of little sense and less virtue, whilst modern accounts often perceive her as the victim of sexual abuse, and nearly every biography paints her as the puppet of her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk.Ĭonsequently, Russell’s work, which grew out of a dissertation on her household, is a revelation. Unable to compete with Katharine of Aragon for sheer force of personality, with Anne Boleyn for the determination that upended a nation, with Katherine Parr for intellect, with Anne of Cleves for good fortune and with Jane Seymour for the status of mother-of-the-heir, Katheryn has been relegated to a caricature. ![]() In the great drama that is the story of Henry VIII and his six wives, his fifth wife, Katheryn Howard, is the one who receives the least respect. ![]()
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