Порочная королева. Роман о Екатерине Говард

Vesna 1540 goda. Genrikh VIII pytaetsi͡a izbavitʹsi͡a ot svoeĭ neprivlekatelʹnoĭ zheny-nemki Anny Klevskoĭ. Prezhdevremenno sostarivshiĭsi͡a korolʹ blagosklonno vziraet na simpatichnui͡u devi͡atnadt͡satiletni͡ui͡u freĭlinu Ekaterinu Govard, kuzinu Anny Boleĭn. Veselai͡a i zhizneradostnai͡a, Ekaterina s gotovnostʹi͡u prinimaet ukhazhivanii͡a koroli͡a, k chemu ee usilenno podtalkivaet ambit͡sioznai͡a semʹi͡a.Vli͡ublennyĭ korolʹ annuliruet brak s postyloĭ zhenoĭ i uzhe cherez dve nedeli zhenitsi͡a na Ekaterine, kotorui͡u nezhno nazyvaet rozoĭ bez shipov. Ekaterina muzhestvenno terpit nochnye obʺi͡atii͡a bolʹnogo koroli͡a v nadezhde roditʹ emu syna, chtoby uprochitʹ svoe polozhenie. K neschastʹi͡u, tenʹ proshlykh oshibok ne tolʹko omrachaet bezzabotnui͡u zhiznʹ molodoĭ korolevy, no i podvergaet ee smertelʹnoĭ ugroze. Tragicheskai͡a sudʹba ėtoĭ obmanutoĭ v svoikh ozhidanii͡akh devushki - odna iz samykh pechalʹnykh stranit͡s angliĭskoĭ istorii."Porochnai͡a koroleva. Roman o Ekaterine Govard" - ėto pi͡atai͡a kniga iz dramaticheskoĭ serii o shesti zhenakh Genrikha VIII, napisannai͡a populi͡arnym avtorom i izvestnym istorikom Ėlison Uėĭr.

Spring of 1540. Henry VIII is trying to get rid of his unattractive German wife Anna of Cleves. The prematurely aged king looks favorably at the pretty nineteen-year-old maid of honor Catherine Howard, cousin of Anne Boleyn. Cheerful and cheerful, Catherine readily accepts the courtship of the king, to which she is strongly encouraged by her ambitious family.The king in love annuls his marriage with his infamous wife and in two weeks marries Catherine, whom he affectionately calls a rose without thorns. Catherine bravely endures the nightly embrace of the sick king in the hope of giving birth to his son in order to consolidate her position. Unfortunately, the shadow of past mistakes not only overshadows the carefree life of the young queen, but also puts her in mortal danger. The tragic fate of this girl, deceived in her expectations, is one of the saddest pages of English history."The vicious queen. The Novel about Catherine Howard is the fifth book in a dramatic series about the six wives of Henry VIII, written by popular author and renowned historian Alison Ware.