The Spanish Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

✍ Scribed by Erickson, Carolly

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 171 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781250000125

✦ Synopsis

Fromthe New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wifeand mother of Mary I

When young Catherine of Aragon, proud daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, is sent to England to marry the weak Prince Arthur, she is unprepared for all that awaits her:early widowhood, the challenge of warfare with the invading Scots, and the ultimately futile attempt to provide the realm with a prince to secure the succession. She marries Arthur's energetic, athletic brother Henry, only to encounter fresh obstacles, chief among them Henry's infatuation with the alluring but wayward Anne Boleyn.

In The Spanish Queen, bestselling novelist Carolly Erickson allows the strong-willed, redoubtable Queen Catherine to tell her own storya talethat carries her from the scented gardens of Grenada to the craggy mountains of Wales to the conflict-ridden Tudor court. Surrounded bystrong partisans amongthe English, and with the might ofSpanish and imperialarms to defend her, Catherine soldiers on, until her union with King Henry is severedand she finds herself discardedand tempted totake the most daring step of her life.

CarollyErickson's historical entertainments continue to succeed in creating a unique blend of historical authenticity and page-turning drama.

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