The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court

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Ford Madox Ford. The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court

The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court

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THE COMING

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VII

PART TWO. THE HOUSE OF EYES

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IV

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VII

VIII

IX

PART THREE. THE KING MOVES

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Ford Madox Ford

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The Lord Privy Seal was beneath a tall cresset in the stern of his barge, looking across the night and the winter river. They were rowing from Rochester to the palace at Greenwich, where the Court was awaiting Anne of Cleves. The flare of the King's barge a quarter of a mile ahead moved in a glowing patch of lights and their reflections, as though it were some portent creeping in a blaze across the sky. There was nothing else visible in the world but the darkness and a dusky tinge of red where a wave caught the flare of light further out.

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