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The Fifth Queen Crowned

by Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939)

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  • 21 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"The Fifth Queen Crowned" by Ford Madox Ford is a historical novel published in 1908. It is the final book in a trilogy that presents a highly fictionalized account of Katharine Howard's time at Henry VIII's court. The series follows the impoverished young Catholic noblewoman as she navigates the dangerous intrigues of Tudor England, gradually rising to become the king's fifth wife. Ford reimagines Katharine as devout and learned rather than flighty, creating an impressionistic portrait of power, faith, and fate in a treacherous world of spies and schemers.

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  • Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542

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Chapter I: 'The Bishop of Rome — — '

THE MAJOR CHORD

Thomas Cranmer began a hesitating speech. In the pause after the words the King himself hesitated, as if he poised between a heavy rage and a sardonic humour. He deemed, however, that the humour could the more terrify the Archbishop—and, indeed, he was so much upon the joyous side in those summer days that he had forgotten how to browbeat.

'Our holy father,' he corrected the Archbishop. 'Or I will say my holy father, since thou art a heretic——'

Cranmer's eyes had always the expression of a man's who looked at approaching calamity, but at the King's words his whole face, his closed lips, his brows, the lines from his round nose, all drooped suddenly downwards.

'Your Grace will have me write a letter to the—to his—to him——'

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Contents

  1. Part One
  2. Chapter I: 'The Bishop of Rome — — '
  3. Chapter II
  4. Chapter III
  5. Chapter IV
  6. Chapter V
  7. Chapter VI
  8. Chapter VII
  9. Chapter VIII
  10. Part Two
  11. Chapter I
  12. Chapter II
  13. Chapter III
  14. Chapter IV
  15. Chapter V
  16. Part Three
  17. Chapter I
  18. Chapter II
  19. Chapter III
  20. Part Four
  21. Chapter I
  22. Chapter II
  23. Chapter III
  24. Chapter IV
  25. Chapter V

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This free edition of The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford Madox Ford comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #27432, released 2008-12-07. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Historical Novels, Romance, British Literature.

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