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The Shadow of the Pomegranate

✍ Scribed by Plaidy, Jean

Book ID
109213676
Publisher
Random House
Tongue
English
Weight
264 KB
Series
Tudors 3
Category
Fiction
ISBN
0099493152

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The third of Jean Plaidy's Tudor novels, continuing the story of Katherine of Aragon's failing marriage to the adulterous Henry VIII ...

Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affection for his older wife soon strays, and the neglected Katherine decides to use her power as Queen to dangerous foreign advantage.

Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper, and his defeat in France has changed the good-natured boy Katherine loved into an infamously callous ruler. With no legitimate heir yet born, Katherine once again begins to fear for her future...

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