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Widowed for the 2nd time at age thirty one Katherine Parr drops seriously for the running courtier Thomas Seymour and expectations at last to marry for love. Nevertheless, required to come back to court, she draws the attentions of the troubled, egotistical, and alarmingly effective Henry VIII, who dispatches his love competitor, Seymour, for the Region. No one is ready to decline a proposal therefore, haunted by the fates of his prior wives—two accomplishments, two annulments, one death in childbirth—Katherine should become his sixth king and wed Carol. Katherine needs to utilize all her instincts to understand the treachery of the courtroom, sketching a good group of ladies around her, including her step-daughter, Meg, traumatized by events from their past which are surrounded in secrecy, and their faithful slave Dot, who knows and sees significantly more than she recognizes.