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The Catherine Howard Conspiracy

Marquess House Trilogy, Book 1

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By: Alexandra Walsh
Narrated by: Emma Gregory
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The Catherine Howard Conspiracy is the first audiobook in the Marquess House trilogy, a gripping dual time line conspiracy thriller with an ingenious twist on Tudor history. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory and Kate Mosse. 

When Catherine Howard arrives at the court of King Henry VIII to be a maid of honour 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. 

Meanwhile, in 2018, Dr Perdita Rivers receives news of the death of her estranged grandmother, renowned Tudor historian Mary Fitzroy. Journeying to her grandmother’s vast estate in Pembrokeshire, Perdita is drawn into the mystery of an ancient document in the archives of Marquess House, a collection of letters that claim the records of Catherine Howard’s execution were falsified....

What truths are hiding in Marquess House? And how was Perdita’s grandmother connected to it all?

©2019 Alexandra Walsh (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Historical Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Royalty Fiction Exciting Tudor
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The chapters set in the 1500’s following the daily life of Katherine H and her relationships at court were fascinating, atmospheric and well performed. Sadly the chapters set in the present day were less so. The lead characters were all somehow- irritating. They were all clearly meant to be likeable but Perdita felt hysterical and ever slow on the uptake. Kit felt slimey and Alistair a total bore. The story all got a little silly & far fetched but probably my biggest fault is the constant exposition which was very irritating and lead me as the listener to always feel two steps ahead of the character.

50% fascinating 50% silly

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I really enjoyed this. Two mysteries, separated by 500yrs. Intriguing twists and theories. Kept me interested throughout. Now moving onto the second of the trilogy.

Can't get enough of Emma Gregory

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Best book I’ve read in a long time. The narration is fantastic. Very enjoyable listen.

Great read!

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I am going to take the liberty of choosing your words as historical fact and am looking forward to starting Elizabeth story next 10/10

Brilliantly written

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Okay, so this book was free to me. From my recall it’s far away the best audible plus book I’ve read in terms of keeping me attached to my headphones at all times. I’m a huge fan of mediaeval to Tudor type history and the Tudor part of this was particularly interesting, though fictional. I agree with what some of the other reviewers have mentioned about the modern aspect being slightly childish. Without giving too much away, it reminded me of the princess diaries where someone is just thrown into this ridiculously unlikely situation and responds somewhat unrealistically to it all. All the mermaid talk was a little too much for me, being the mother of a 6 year old it felt like this part was aimed at her!

Anyway, I enjoyed the book enough to move past this quickly and while they’re still on sale i’ve bought the rest of the series so that must be saying something.

Recommend as a gripping, easy listening story for fans of historical fiction.

Really gripping…

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