The Constant Princess -

Philippa Gregory

Harper

2011

528 páginas

17h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780007190317

Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors. Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land.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. Slowly she adapts to the first Tudor court, and life as Arthur's wife grows ever more bearable. 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. His father and grandmother are against it; her powerful parents prove little use. Yet Katherine is her mother's daughter and her fighting spirit is strong. She will do anything to achieve her aim; even if it means telling the greatest lie, and holding to it. 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.

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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.