The Sixth Wife Author:Jean Plaidy "God save the Queen!" Never was the cry more meaningful than during the last tempestuous years of Henry VIII, when that murderous and mighty monarch forced gentle Katherine Parr to become his sixth queen. Quiet and courageous, Katharine suffered through each day,knowing her life depended on the whims of a vain, violent-tempered husband whose fiv... more »e previous marriages had ended in scandal or death or both. Jean Plaidy, one of England's foremost historical novelists, brings to vivad life the pageantry and intrigue of a dazzling and turbulent era of England's past...and the unforgettable woman who stood for a time in its fiery center.« less