Summary[]
While still on the Northern Progress with Henry, Catherine buys the silence of an indiscreet former lover with a position in her chamber as her affair with Culpepper becomes more tempestuous.
Plot[]
Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire was the only royal property captured by the rebels during the Catholic uprising known as the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’. In a symbolic gesture, it now welcomes Henry and his large entourage. Rejuvenated by the affection he has experienced in his tour of the north of England, Henry feels a stirring sexual energy towards his Queen. Charles Brandon, on the other hand, senses death as he remembers the hangings and punishments he oversaw as the King's representative during the Northern rebellion. In a castle full of ghosts, Queen Katherine sees something like one when a young man arrives at her door. He is Francis Dereham, one of the men she had sexual liaisons with before she married the King... and he wants a job. Threatened with blackmail, she has little choice but to give in. Katherine Howard's past begins to catch up with her on another front. Meanwhile, after getting snubbed by the King of the Scots, Henry rushes to Prince Edward when it is reported to the King that Edward has fallen gravely ill.
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