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Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen
by Alison Weir
Very long read!!!!
Wow! Six hundred pages detailing the life of Katherine of Aragon. As the first wife of Henry the Eighth, she was married to him the longest and I do believe that she loved him better than his subsequent wives. The pressure to bear an heir was tremendously overwhelming in her time. Imagine having the future of your own country riding on you. She bore the pressure as well as she could, but it obviously was not enough. Henry's treatment of her is appalling. Putting her away and breaking away from the church sounds very extreme. But in this book, Henry proves that he will do anything for a son. It's a long long book that is well researched and very informative. However I don't think I am going to reread this book again.
Wow! Six hundred pages detailing the life of Katherine of Aragon. As the first wife of Henry the Eighth, she was married to him the longest and I do believe that she loved him better than his subsequent wives. The pressure to bear an heir was tremendously overwhelming in her time. Imagine having the future of your own country riding on you. She bore the pressure as well as she could, but it obviously was not enough. Henry's treatment of her is appalling. Putting her away and breaking away from the church sounds very extreme. But in this book, Henry proves that he will do anything for a son. It's a long long book that is well researched and very informative. However I don't think I am going to reread this book again.