This book gave a good description of what the life of Katherine Aragon may have been like. In the begining it gave a good description of her life in Spain, and goes from the narritive to what may have been her own personal thoughts. It then takes you on a great exploration of her time with Arthur Prince of Wales. I tells about her meeting on King Henry and the supposed lie that put Katherine back on the throne after Arthurs death. There really isn't too much detail on her marraige to Henry, but I think that it really helped the book because that story has been told so many times. It was really nice that towards the end it really didn't go into deep detail on the Anne Boleyn ordeal. This author really has great skill in keeping the facts while still making up a great story. I liked that I didn't feel like I was reading a fictional story. Any reader that enjoys books from this time period should read not only this book, but all of this authors books.Read full review
This is a poignant story with many relevant lessons. One, some things are not worth the trouble and the best thing in the world is to just walk away, no matter how glorious the supposed cause is. Katherine should have left England when she had the chance and she would have lived a better, happier life. Second, it shows how Katherine, due to her upbringing, was in fact far more mature and disciplined than Henry was, who was pampered and cosseted as Heir and not trained as well as he should have been.
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The Constant Princess is an excellent tale of Katherine of Aragon (King Henry the VIII's first wife). It begins with her as a child watching her mother (Isabella of Castile) and father (Ferdinand of Aragon) constantally on the battlefield fighting the Moor's in the crusade, and ends with Katherine's battle against Anne Boleyn. The book is well written taking two points of view... one is written as if from Katherine's own diary or thoughts, and the other as if reading from a text book. The flow of the book is seemless and draws you in quickly. Before discovering Phillippa Gregory I had no intrest in history books, now I find myself even buying Non-fiction. Thank you Phillippa Gregory!
Philippa Gregory has written a very compelling story about The Tudor Court. The style of writing is such that you can't put the book down. You just can't put the book down. You want to keep reading to find out what happens. I would recommend anything written Philippa Gregory.
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Not quiet as good as The Other Boleyn Girl or The King's Curse but it was entertaining enough for fans of historical fiction. There's not much out there about Katharine and this was well researched.
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