The Constant Princess

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One of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen, Hedy Lamarr also designed a secret weapon against Nazi Germany. Now, I'm no fan of Philippa Gregory. To be honest, I HATE the way she writes. She spins in circles, repeating the same crap over and over again. She includes tons of unneeded fillers. Ugh. I simply read her books because I like the history. Catherine speaks in English even when talking to her mother in Spain, and among her Spanish ladies-in-waiting. Justified in that Catherine is training to be the future Queen of England and integrate into the English court.

Religion. Catalina was a devout Christian; here, she spends more time praying to Arthur and worshiping him beyond the grave. It's rather disturbing that she is still so obsessed with Arthur (after a mere 5 months of marriage!) that YEARS later, she is basically praying to him, asking him for help. I understand people mourn differently, people remember the dead differently, but this was just disturbing. And where was the religious Catalina from history? Also, this quote rather bothered me: It was interesting to see how a Spanish princess adopts to the court in England. During her early childhood and teenage years, Katherine's belief that her mother's (Queen of Spain) will is God's will was naive and a laughable matter but at a later stage she realized all that was just brainwashing. Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from this internationally bestselling author, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon. Margaret Pole gives one to Thomas More and Lina to Catherine of Aragon, about their response to the spread of Protestantism.

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Dumnezeu nu le netezește calea celor pe care-i iubește, îi șopti cu asprime. Le trimite încercări. Cei pe care Dumnezeu îi iubește cel mult sunt cei care suferă cel mai tare. Știu sigur asta. Eu, care l-am pierdut pe singurul bărbat pe care-l voi iubi vreodată. Și tu știi. Gândește-te la Iov, Catalina.". Mary Tudor's portrayal here is definitely one of the more sympathetic ones, similar to her portrayal on The Tudors. Philippa Gregory's novels are known to portray the Catholic characters in a rather sympathetic light. That and most historians today reject the one-sided Protestant/Puritan propaganda portrayal of her as one-dimensionally and/or irredeemably pure evil. True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just agreement, and any ninny-in-waiting can agree.” Parental Favoritism: Joanna claims that her brother John was their mother's favourite. Meanwhile, she claims to have been The Un-Favourite due to her atheism. This is, with a few little exaggerations, mostly Truth in Television.

A splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon.the first section of the novel is told from Margaret Tudor's perspective and as such Catherine is viewed as a rival if the attention and affection of the English court. Margaret envies Catherine and is also deeply mistrustful of her motives and she partially blames Catherine for the deaths of her brother, mother and infant sister. She also criticises the growing bond between Catherine and Princess Mary. Margaret quotes Leviticus to Harry to warn him about marrying his brother's wife. Harry immediately counters with a verse from Deuteronomy that supports marrying your brother's widow.

Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors. Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land. When King Henry VIII defeated Richard III on the battlefield at Bosworth, a succession of Tudor mona We think of Katherine of Aragon as the barren wife of a notorious king; but behind this legacy lies a fascinating story. Decadent Court: The Tudor court is potrayed this way, even more so then the Spanish and French royal courts. She must hold on to all her faith and strength against the rude attentions of the king and the domination of the king's cold and hard mother Lady Margaret of Beaufort.You have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.”