Catherine of Aragon : the Spanish queen of Henry VIII / Giles Tremlett.
TITLE:
Catherine of Aragon : the Spanish queen of Henry VIII / Giles Tremlett.
Former Title:
Catherine of Aragon : Henry's Spanish queen
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Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
New York : Walker & Co.,
Physical Description:
ix, 428 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-416) and index.
Summary:
Drawing on his deep knowledge of both Spain and England, Giles Tremlett has produced the first full biography in more than four decades of the tenacious woman whose marriage to Henry VIII lasted twice as long (twenty-four years) as his five other marriages combined. Her refusal to divorce him put her at the center of one of history's greatest power struggles, one that has resonated down through the centuries- Henry's break away from the Catholic Church as, bereft of a son, he attempted to annul his marriage to Catherine and wed Anne Boleyn. Catherine's daughter, Mary, would controversially inherit Henry's throne; briefly and bloodily, she returned England to the Catholicism of her mother's native Spain, foreshadowing the Spanish Armada some three decades later.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802779168
General Note:
Originally published: Catherine of Aragon, Henry's Spanish queen. London : Faber & Faber, 2010.
