The Constant Princess (Tudor Court Novels) -

Philippa Gregory

Touchstone

2005

393 páginas

13h 6m

ISBN-13: 9780743272490

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” ( USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes the remarkable story of Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, daughter of two great monarchs, and eventual Queen of England when she marries the infamous King Henry VIII.

Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young lovers revel in each other’s company and plan the England they will make together. 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.

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. 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. Then, like her warrior mother, Katherine must take to the battlefield and save England when its old enemies the Scots come over the border and there is no one to stand against them but the new Queen.

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Meu primeiro Philippa Gregory e já quero muito continuar a série. Gostei muito de ter começado com a historia de Catalina, já que tive a oportunidade de assistir a série Isabel, que conta a historia da sua familia, especialmente da sua mãe e da Espanha, encerrando muito perto dos eventos que dão inicio a essa história. Complemento perfeito, e o livro faz um trabalho em contextualizar quem foi a Rainha Isabel da Espanha e tudo que ela representou.
Mas Catalina não era uma personagem desconhecida, mas sim marcada na história por um evento, e até então era o que eu sabia sobre ela, do pouco que pude aprender nos livros de história e assistindo The Tudors e outros filmes sobre o seu marido. Mas vale a pena escutar sua voz e a conhecer como personagem histórica e real.