How Catherine Parr Outlived Henry VIII | The Last Wife of Henry VIII | History for Sleep

She outlived the most feared king in England, and for centuries that was almost all anyone remembered about her. But Catherine Parr was far more than a survivor. The sixth and final wife of Henry the Eighth was the most learned queen England had ever known, and the first woman in the country to publish a book under her own name. She came within a single whispered accusation of losing her head, saved herself by her own nerve and quick thinking, and spent years quietly helping to mend a royal family torn apart by loss and uncertainty. This is a slow and unhurried journey into the Tudor world, following Catherine from her early years among the northern gentry of Westmorland, through the dangers of the royal court, to the fragile happiness she reached at the very end of her life. If long-form history told at a gentle and unhurried pace helps you settle and rest, you are very welcome here.