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ashsalt 's review for:
The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction and chick lit are not my usual genres. I think I picked up a copy of this book after finding Katherine of Aragon the most intriguing figure in the Showtime series THE TUDORS. I already knew the basic historical facts, but I found Katherine as a fictionalized character quite interesting. I continued to find her intriguing for the first half of the novel especially as she describes her childhood in Spain and how she perceives her parents, Ferdinand and Isabella. The book keeps returning to that material to illustrate how the maturing Katherine's understanding of her parents changes. And it becomes tedious. The same is true of her evolving perceptions of the English court and English politics. I skimmed my way through the last third. The story is told well enough, though exhaustively. Apparently I didn't want to know quite this much about the character.