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The Fifth Queen

Re-reading the strangest books Ford Madox Ford ever wrote

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Steve Donoghue
Feb 27, 2026
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Our book today is actually a trilogy, The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Ford, consisting of 1906’s The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court, 1907’s Privy Seal, and 1908’s The Fifth Queen Crowned, all three books revolving around Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of England’s King Henry VIII.

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