The Fifth Queen

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The Fifth Queen is a historical novel by Ford Madox Ford that vividly portrays the life and courtly intrigues surrounding Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.

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instanceOf historical novel
alternateTitle The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court
linked to: The Fifth Queen
author Ford Madox Ford
basedOn historical events of Henry VIII's fifth marriage
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Henry VIII of England
Katharine Howard
linked to: Catherine Howard
featuresCharacter Bishop Gardiner
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
firstPublicationForm serialisation
genre Tudor fiction
historical fiction
hasSequel Privy Seal
The Fifth Queen Crowned
hasTitleCharacter Katharine Howard
linked to: Catherine Howard
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernism
mainCharacter Katharine Howard
linked to: Catherine Howard
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
partOf The Fifth Queen trilogy
linked to: The Fifth Queen
portrays courtly intrigues
political maneuvering at the Tudor court
religious conflict in Tudor England
publicationCentury 20th century
publisher Alston Rivers
settingPeriod Tudor period
reign of Henry VIII
settingPlace Court of Henry VIII
England
subject life of Katharine Howard
marriage of Katharine Howard and Henry VIII
theme courtly intrigue
power and politics
religion and heresy
sexual morality and reputation
timePeriodDepicted 1540s

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Ford Madox Ford notableWork The Fifth Queen
Ford Hermann Hueffer notableWork The Fifth Queen
The Fifth Queen partOf The Fifth Queen trilogy
linked to: The Fifth Queen
The Fifth Queen alternateTitle The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court
linked to: The Fifth Queen
The Fifth Queen Crowned series The Fifth Queen trilogy
linked to: The Fifth Queen