For seven years, she endures the treachery of spies, the humiliation of poverty, and intense loneliness and despair while she waits for the inevitable moment when she will step into the role she has prepared for all her life. Widowed and alone in the avaricious world of the Tudor court, Katherine has to sidestep her father-in-law's desire for her and convince him, and an incredulous Europe, that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated, that there is no obstacle to marriage with Henry. "They tell me nothing but lies here and they think they can break my spirit.
But tragically, aged only fifteen, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his sixteen-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry become Queen and fulfill their dreams and her destiny. The young lovers revel in each other's company and plan the England they will make together. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient.
Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. "I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known.and I will be Queen of England." Philippa Gregory proves yet again that behind the apparently familiar face of history lies an astonishing story: of women warriors influencing the future of Europe, of revered heroes making deep mistakes, and of an untold love story which changes the fate of a nation.Condition: New but dent, spots and remainder mark She will do anything to achieve her aim even if it means telling the greatest lie, and holding to it. Yet Katherine is her mother’s daughter and her fighting spirit is strong. His father and grandmother are against it her powerful parents prove little use. But when the studious young man dies, she is left to make her own future: how can she now be queen, and found a dynasty? Only by marrying Arthur’s young brother, the sunny but spoilt Henry. Slowly she adapts to the first Tudor court, and life as Arthur’s wife grows ever more bearable. Her faith is tested when her prospective father-in-law greets her arrival in her new country with a great insult Arthur seems little better than a boy the food is strange and the customs coarse. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land. Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England.
Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors.
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