The first wife of Henry VIII
Finally, Philippa Gregory has given us a Katherine of Aragon who is vital, determined, and capable, much different from the pious, dignified victim portrayed in so much of the fiction about Henry’s rejection of her. Novelists have tended to overlook the fact that Katherine raised her daughter, Mary, [...]
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