Catherine Parr - Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

  • Catherine Parr's life as Henry VIII's queen is told in Jean Plaidy's novel The Sixth Wife (1953)
  • Catherine Parr is the subject of Mary Luke's biographical novel The Ivy Crown published 1984
  • Catherine Parr's life story is also told in The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson
  • Catherine Parr's life is also told in Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
  • Catherine Parr features in Revelation and Heartstone, historical crime novels by C.J.Sansom

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