![]() ![]() ![]() “Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.” - New York Times I feel she brings historical characters to life and makes you feel as though these could be anyone or that any person could go through the same pitfalls and triumphs as the historical figures featured in each book. "I love all of Jean Plaidy's books I have read up to this point. ![]() ![]() The ensuing power struggle is one of the turning points in English history, and in these pages it comes vividly to life. But Katharine refuses to surrender to his wishes and fights desperately to retain her title and safeguard her daughter, Mary. With his chief advisor, Cardinal Wolsey, the king devises a secret plot to declare the marriage with Katharine null and void. When the seductive Anne Boleyn arrives at court, the king is captivated by her dark beauty and bold spirit and becomes obsessed with the desire to possess her. The king’s love for his aging queen has grown cold, and he is angry with her failure to give him the heir to the throne he desperately wants. The twelve-year marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined from an idyllic union into an uneasy stalemate. The intrigues of the English royal court are brought to life in the Katharine of Aragon series, and this third and final installment captures them in spellbinding detail. ![]()
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