I appreciate that the author tried to tell Katherine's tale in a more sympathetic way and consider how contemporary views of women and her end influenced her image. But sadly, I found this book very annoying to read.
I get that there's not much information about her life, but the author constantly repeated themself, often only a few paragraphs apart. Severel times I had to check that I didn't accidentally repeat a page because information was repeated. And it was meaningless stuff too (why do I need to be reminded after only 2 pages that one of the gifts that Katherine gave Princess Mary was a "pomander of gold with rubies and pearls"?? I didn't forget it that fast nor is the exact content of the gift relevant).
At some places the grammar seemed a little bad. All in all, this book feels like a first draft or an essay a university student might write.
There's better books on Katherine Howard. ( )

This is an excellent study of Katherine Howard's background, life and death, with some great ideas. It's all the more impressive given that the author is an undergraduate. I find myself having to rethink everything I believed I knew about Katherine Howard. I hope other aficionados of Tudor history read this biography and think hard about Conor Byrne's conclusions. ( )