Katherine of Aragon : the true queen / Alison Weir.
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TextSeries: Weir, Alison, Six Tudor queens ; 1.Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Large print editionDescription: 981 pages (large print) : genealogical tables ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781410490162Subject(s): Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 -- Fiction | Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Fiction | Queens -- England -- History -- Fiction | England -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- FictionGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Large type books. DDC classification: 823/.92 Summary: Young Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Spain's powerful monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, was an exquisite prize in the royal marriage market. Golden-haired, sixteen years old, she was sent to England to marry the future king, Arthur, Prince of Wales. But when Arthur died a few months after their wedding, Katherine's bright future was suddenly eclipsed. It took his younger brother Henry VIII eight long years to do the honorable thing and marry her. Their union was briefly happy until Katherine failed to bear a son, and Anne Boleyn caught Henry's eye.
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Young Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Spain's powerful monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, was an exquisite prize in the royal marriage market. Golden-haired, sixteen years old, she was sent to England to marry the future king, Arthur, Prince of Wales. But when Arthur died a few months after their wedding, Katherine's bright future was suddenly eclipsed. It took his younger brother Henry VIII eight long years to do the honorable thing and marry her. Their union was briefly happy until Katherine failed to bear a son, and Anne Boleyn caught Henry's eye.
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