The Catherine Howard Conspiracy

Marquess House Trilogy, Book 1

By: Alexandra Walsh

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

Whitehall Palace, England, 1539

When Catherine Howard arrives at the court of King Henry VIII to be a maid of honour in the household of the new queen, Anne of Cleves, she has no idea of the fate that awaits her.

Catching the king's fancy, she finds herself caught up in her uncle's ambition to get a Howard heir to the throne. Terrified by the ageing king after the fate that befell her cousin, Anne Boleyn, Catherine begins to fear for her life...

Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2018

Dr Perdita Rivers receives news of the death of her estranged grandmother, renowned Tudor historian Mary Fitzroy. Mary inexplicably cut all contact with Perdita and her twin sister, Piper, but she has left them Marquess House, her vast estate in Pembrokeshire.

Perdita sets out to unravel their grandmother's motives for abandoning them, and is drawn into the mystery of an ancient document in the archives of Marquess House, a collection of letters and diaries claiming the records of Catherine Howard's execution were falsified...

©2018 Alexandra Walsh (P)2019 Tantor

A good, old-fashioned, amazing "What If"

Fans of Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code) and Kathleen McGowan (The Magdalene Line Series) will LOVE this big "what if", about the youngest queen of Henry VIII, and the juicy coverup that unravels. And this first book is only the beginning...so excited to continue onto the next one!

Awesome narration by Emma Gregory.

Excellent read....

I really enjoyed this book. Lots of twists and turns, drama and intrigue. There should be a part 2.

Must read!

I hesitate to listen to this story. Love all things Tudor related, but Catherine Howard is not among my favorites. So I took a chance...so happy I did!!! This is now by far one of my favorite books can't wit to listen to the next one.

Love Tudor History

Fascinating story line!

You can almost believe it is true, all woven together with history. Great transition from present to past. And then tying up everything. Can hardly wait to start next book.

Great imaginative world

This spin in the Victorian Henry the VIII Era really gets your mind thinking. It vividly brings to the foreground the roles and few options available to women even those from powerful families. Romance novels are always so keen to romantize and gloss over the real challenges women had to simply accept and overcome. This book while not even close to a romance book does bring forward, what we in the model age, would consider the very backwards thinking of the roles between men and women. I appreciate the time research this authauthor took to get some critcal and not so critical historical notes correct. This really gave the story enough truth while weaving her creative license so the reader is entrapped in a wonderful mystery. Even though I was able to guess a few things would happen I'm left wanting to know more because, while this chapter may be closed, the story is just getting started. I'm on the the next book in the series!