Katharine, The Virgin Widow: (Tudor Saga)

Jean Plaidy

(Enlarge Image)

Published by Cornerstone Publishing

Epub

Format: ebook

Buying options

This book is also available as:

Paperback

Availability

Available for immediate download

Details

EAN: 9781446411551
Published: 2 Feb 2008

About the book

Synopsis

The young Spanish widow, Katharine of Aragon, has become the pawn between two powerful monarchies.After less than a year as the wife of the frail Prince Arthur, the question of whether the marriage was ever consummated will decide both her fate and England's.

But whilst England and Spain dispute her dowry, in the wings awaits her unexpected escape from poverty: Henry, Arthur's younger, more handsome brother - the future King of England.He alone has the power to restore her position, but at what sacrifice?

Press

What the critics say

Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
- New York Times

Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of charaterization has become one of the country's most widely read novelists
- Sunday Times

Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting
- Observer

One of England's foremost historical novelists
- Birmingham Mail

By this author

About the Author

Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.