Project Gutenberg 2009-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 167 Ford, Ford Madox 1873 1939 Hueffer, Ford Madox Huffer, Ford Chaucer, Daniel Hueffer, Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford H. Madox The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court" by Ford Madox Ford is a historical novel likely written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and times of the controversial figure Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII, and her arrival at the English court, delving into the political machinations and personal intrigues of the Tudor era. The story introduces characters such as Magister Nicholas Udal, a pedagogue for Lady Mary, and the Lord Privy Seal, Thomas Cromwell, sketching a vivid backdrop of the complexities of court life during this tumultuous period. The opening of the novel sets the scene in a chilly lane in Austin Friars, where Magister Udal is introduced as a starving, cold scholar waiting for a chance to meet the Lord Privy Seal and deliver fabricated information about the Lady Mary to gain favor. The narrative shifts from Udal's struggles to the home of John Badge, a printer with his own grievances against Cromwell. Their conversations weave through discontent with the old and new faiths, highlighting the tensions of the time. Amidst these struggles, young characters, including the printmaker and his grandson, add layers to the unfolding drama, setting the stage for the arrival of Anne of Cleves and the consequential events that will follow in the court. This establishes a rich tapestry filled with ambition, rivalry, and the personal aspirations of various players within the court, hinting at larger themes of power and identity that the novel will explore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 471437 471446 2024-09-13T04:15:38.415825 2023-09-13T09:17:30.479450 text/html text/html 476332 2009-10-07T12:56:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 174063 2009-10-07T12:56:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241033 2024-09-13T04:15:46.309889 application/epub+zip 246367 2024-09-13T04:15:40.236847 application/epub+zip 246367 2024-09-13T04:15:39.172821 application/epub+zip 484733 2024-09-13T04:15:51.070798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444080 2024-09-13T04:15:45.484795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406302 2022-09-14T04:56:57.958583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440699 440593 2024-09-13T04:15:37.048935 2023-09-13T09:17:29.203420 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 440503 2009-10-07T12:56:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 166694 2009-10-07T12:56:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 440499 2009-10-07T12:56:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166653 2009-10-07T12:56:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20468 2024-09-13T04:15:51.208757 application/rdf+xml 16864 2024-09-13T04:15:39.541837 image/jpeg 3821 2024-09-13T04:15:39.354858 image/jpeg 230811 2024-09-13T04:15:38.456898 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia