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Tale recounting Catherine's demise? (7,3)

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I believe the answer is:

howards end

'tale' is the definition.
(novel by EM Forster)

'catherine's demise?' is the wordplay.
'catherine's' becomes 'Howard's' (Catherine Howard was a wife of Henry VIII).
'demise?' becomes 'end' (demise is a kind of end).
'howards'+'end'='HOWARDS END'

'recounting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for howards end that I've seen before include "E. M. Forster novel" , "Book by E.M. Forster" , "7 13 [VANESSA REDGRAVE] was in this" , "E.M. Forster novel" , "Novel by E.M.Forster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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