The Spanish Bride: A Novel of Catherine of Aragon (Tudor Women Series)
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ISBN: 0425219968 / Publisher: Berkley, January 2008
Told through the eyes of Estrella de Montoya, Catherine's companion, this powerful novel details the marriage of Catherine of Aragon, a Spanish princess believing she was to wed a knight in shining armor, to King Henry VIII, a cruel monarch whom she found the courage to defy. Reprint.
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The queen who married a Tudor and a tyrant. Her name was Catherine. For over two decades, she was Queen of England, until her failure to bear the king a son, her advancing age, and King Henry VIII's obsession with Anne Boleyn cost Catherine the crown, her marriage, and her life. This is her story, told from the point of view of Estrella de Montoya, her trusted maid of honor, who traveled from Spain to England with her, and witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of her amazing life.
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