{"product_id":"2940015830316","title":"HENRY VIII AND HIS COURT","description":"CHAPTER I. CHOOSING A CONFESSOR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in the year 1543. King Henry the Eighth of England that day\u003cbr\u003eonce more pronounced himself the happiest and most enviable man in his\u003cbr\u003ekingdom, for to-day he was once more a bridegroom, and Catharine Parr,\u003cbr\u003ethe youthful widow of Baron Latimer, had the perilous happiness of being\u003cbr\u003eselected as the king's sixth consort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerrily chimed the bells of all the steeples of London, announcing to\u003cbr\u003ethe people the commencement of that holy ceremony which sacredly bound\u003cbr\u003eCatharine Parr to the king as his sixth wife. The people, ever fond of\u003cbr\u003enovelty and show, crowded through the streets toward the royal palace to\u003cbr\u003ecatch a sight of Catharine, when she appeared at her husband's side upon\u003cbr\u003ethe balcony, to show herself to the English people as their queen, and\u003cbr\u003eto receive their homage in return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurely it was a proud and lofty success for the widow of a petty baron\u003cbr\u003eto become the lawful wife of the King of England, and to wear upon her\u003cbr\u003ebrow a royal crown! But yet Catharine Parr's heart was moved with a\u003cbr\u003estrange fear, her cheeks were pale and cold, and before the altar her\u003cbr\u003eclosely compressed lips scarcely had the power to part, and pronounce\u003cbr\u003ethe binding \"I will.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt last the sacred ceremony was completed. The two spiritual\u003cbr\u003edignitaries, Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, and Cranmer, archbishop\u003cbr\u003eof Canterbury, then, in accordance with court etiquette, led the young\u003cbr\u003ebride into her apartments, in order to bless them, and once more to pray\u003cbr\u003ewith her, before the worldly festivities should begin.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121252581616,"sku":"2940015830316","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015830316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}