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berlinbibliophile 's review for:
Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen
by Alison Weir
Reading historical novels is always strange to me, especially when they are based on real, prominent people, because I know what happened to these people historically, but I still identify so deeply with their struggles and somehow hope for a happier resolution than they got in real life, which of course isn't going to happen. Reading about Katherine of Aragon's cycle of hope, joy, and crushing despair and she has pregnancy after pregancy, miscarriage after stillbirth is heartbreaking, and Alison Weir is great at giving just that tantalizing bit of hope that maybe this time Katherine will get what she longs for, but historically it was not to be. It always amazes me gow good historical writers manage to make people come alive in this way.
Another great thing peculiar to this series is that the changing perspectives of the individual books allow the same events to be interpreted through the perspective of their several principal characters, and that allows Weir to present a number of valid versions of history, especially where the record is scanty. A great way to get a rounded picture of life at the court of Henry VII.
Another great thing peculiar to this series is that the changing perspectives of the individual books allow the same events to be interpreted through the perspective of their several principal characters, and that allows Weir to present a number of valid versions of history, especially where the record is scanty. A great way to get a rounded picture of life at the court of Henry VII.