A review by lrmsreads
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

4.0

I just finished reading The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory. It is the story of Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Katherine was first married to Henry's older brother Arthur, but upon his early death, she claimed that their marriage was never consummated and she waited out his family until she could be married to Henry. This book claims that her marriage to Arthur was consummated and that she lied in order to fulfill a death bed promise to Arthur. Apparently this is a much debated topic in her history. She had a very interesting upbringing as her parents were involved in the Spanish Inquisition and raids to defeat the Moors. I read The Other Boleyn Girl first almost 2 years ago and in that book, she was portrayed as a plump, dull, woman, but she obviously had a much more interesting existence in her young adulthood as she lead England to war against the Scots while Henry was out of the country doing battle with France. This was another great book by Gregory.