Author: Philippa Gregory
Published: 2005, Touchstone
Rating: 5/5
What if you told a lie so great it altered the course of history? Catalina is sent to England to marry Arthur, Prince of Whales, to seal the alliance between England and Spain. Alone in a foreign country she is blessed to find a lover in her husband. Blessings do not last long. A widow at 16, she makes a promise on the Prince's deathbed that she will marry his younger brother, Prince Henry. Here, Gregory brings in the twist of what could have happened in history or actually did happen.
What if Catherine of Aragon did indeed lie about her virginity? It makes one wonder how much of our history could be a lie. Gregory will invoke her readers to think beyond the pages of her stories into the psyche of humans. What would you do if you were an ever constant princess?
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