Meet the author of "The King's Rose!"

Tudor History fans of Boston: come meet the author of "The King's Rose", Alisa Libby.

When: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Time: 1-3pm
Where: Cafe L'Aroma, 85 Newbury Street, Boston, MA

If you haven't read the book, no worries! Feel free to come by and talk about Tudor history with fellow friends!

Synopsis:
Though well aware of her cousin Anne Boleyn’s fate only four years earlier, 15-year-old Catherine Howard acquiesces with her ambitious, conniving relatives’ plans and marries King Henry VIII. He calls her “my rose without a thorn,” but she is well aware of the thorny secrets she conceals: no virgin when she and the king married, she later begins a sexual liaison at court, partly in a desperate effort to produce an heir. Soon, Catherine begins a downward spiral toward madness and despair. An author’s note separates historical fact from conjecture in this account of Catherine’s short years as Henry’s “rose.” Libby offers a convincing, sympathetic portrayal of a young woman who relinquishes her hopes of marrying for love and finds herself doomed by her choices and deceptions. Hardly an active heroine, Catherine falls into a trap early on and, in the end, has little left but her dignity. This one’s for historical-fiction fans who will appreciate this character study of Henry’s fifth wife.