Loved it

Narrator amazing, I have all good to say about this book... Well worth the wait..

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Would have been better if shortened

Katheryn Howard was chiefly known for having had relationships with two men at her grandmother's establishment before Katheryn went to court and supplanted Anna of Kleves. While married to the King, she fell in love with her cousin, Thomas Culpeper. The King found out and Katheryn was tried and executed as were Culpeper, Dereham (her former lover before she went to court, and Lady Rochford who aided Katheryn's and Culpeper's night-time meetings.

Sixteen hours is a long time over which to stretch out such material. For much of the latter half of the book, the King and Katheryn are on progress around England. So a great deal of space is taken up describing Katheryn and Culpeper's late-night trysts in various castles, palaces and great houses. After the first two or three this becomes rather tedious. However, it's not all lovey-dovey stuff. There's the (by now) familiar episode in which the protagonist sees a ghostly presence (at Fotheringhay this time). Then the King finds out and once again fails to find the virtue of forgiveness for those who have wronged him. Exeunt several characters, headless if they were lucky, minus several more body parts if they weren't.

The reading and characterisation is unremarkable, although Sophie Roberts isn't very good at trying to sound like a man. My basic criticism of the book however is that it contains too much padding and not enough story.

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A great addition to the series

This book started a little slow for me, but as the drama escalated, I got hooked in further and further. The tedious house of cards kept building the tension, making you feel stressed as a reader, knowing the consequence that would follow.
The naivety of Katheryn makes you as a reader frustrated at times, but adds to the experience of the novel. Unlike Anne Boleyn, I knew little of Katheryn Howard prior to reading this book. I will now read other books to pick out the facts from the fiction to feed my new found curiosity surrounding the life of Katheryn Howard.

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Amazing

Been waiting for this for months and so glad I finally got to listen to it.

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Such a good book

This is such a good book, so well written and narrated . I’ve read all 5 of this series and the quality has remained high throughout. Very much looking forward to the next one.

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Excellent book but weak beginning

Having read all the books so far in this series It took a while me to get into this one and felt that the beginning was surprisingly weak. I’d almost go as far as saying it should have been re written. The writer noticeably gets into her flow of writing and what follows is all you would expect.Excellent.
Sophie Roberts is perfect as narrator and easy to listen too ,this added to an enjoyable listen and what began as a disappointing start was soon left behind. I would highly recommend this book just don’t be put off by the first chapters.

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Enjoyed this

Good story, in line with the rest of the series. I've listened to all the preceeding ones, and the narration has varied a bit, but this wasn't too bad. Will definitely download the final one.

Incredible, a magnificent piece of work

I love this work. It’s so well presented and loved to hear about Kitty’s life and how the affairs all happened!

Loved this Audio book !

Nicely narrated and I enjoyed listening to this story, though it was tragic and sad.

Terrible clumsy ending

The narration was very good and for the most part the the story was atmospheric but the ending was very clumsy. Very disappointed in this one as I have enjoyed the others from the series.