klynn -
The Constant Princess indulges us with the long forgotten stories of the upbringing and the trials endured by the beautiful and beloved Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife.
She was his first love, and beloved by all England. Gregory takes us back before Anne Boleyn wreaked her havoc on the Tudor court, to Katherine's youth in Moorish Spain, through her childhood fancies and her knowledge that one day she would be a Queen of England. We taste her romance with her first husband, and feel her despair when tragedy strikes. Through sorrow and poverty, cruelty and finally the triumph of taking on the role she was brought up for, Gregory keeps the reader constantly enchanted with one of history's most unshakable characters.
I had trouble putting this book down! The writing really is amazing, and the reader is pulled right along with Katherine, Catalina of Spain, Queen of England, an ever constant, ever beautiful character. It is a beautiful portrayal and a must read!
She was his first love, and beloved by all England. Gregory takes us back before Anne Boleyn wreaked her havoc on the Tudor court, to Katherine's youth in Moorish Spain, through her childhood fancies and her knowledge that one day she would be a Queen of England. We taste her romance with her first husband, and feel her despair when tragedy strikes. Through sorrow and poverty, cruelty and finally the triumph of taking on the role she was brought up for, Gregory keeps the reader constantly enchanted with one of history's most unshakable characters.
I had trouble putting this book down! The writing really is amazing, and the reader is pulled right along with Katherine, Catalina of Spain, Queen of England, an ever constant, ever beautiful character. It is a beautiful portrayal and a must read!
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