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    <body><![CDATA[I am completely fascinated by this time period. It is like reading a soap opera. It also helped me to understand how King Henry could be so cruel and it made me sad for Queen Katherine. This was a beautiful love story and a story of perseverance.  I loved the descriptions of the spanish court. It ce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51811141">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt;<em>&quot;I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.&quot;</em>&lt;/center&gt;<p>Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchanting princess that all England loved. First married to Henry VIII's older brother, Arthur, Katherine's passion turns their arranged marriage into a love match; but when Arthur dies, the merciless English court and her ambitious parents -- the crusading King and Queen of Spain -- have to find a new role for the widow. Ultimately, it is Katherine herself who takes control of her own life by telling the most audacious lie in English history, leading her to the very pinnacle of power in England.<p>Set in the rich beauty of Moorish Spain and the glamour of the Tudor court, <em>The Constant Princess</em> presents a woman whose constancy helps her endure betrayal, poverty, and despair, until the inevitable moment when she steps into the role she has prepared for all her life: Henry VIII's Queen, Regent, and commander of the English army in their greatest victory against Scotland.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book right after I finished &quot;The Other Boleyn Girl&quot; because I wanted to read more about Katherine of Aragon.  She was a very likable character in the &quot;The Other Boleyn Girl&quot; because she kept her composure throughout the entire story.<br/><br/>Katherine in this book is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14020660">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>&quot;I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.&quot;</em><p><p>Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young lovers revel in each other's company and plan the England they will make together. But tragically, aged only fifteen, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his sixteen-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry; become Queen; and fulfill their dreams and her destiny.<p><p><em>&quot;They tell me nothing but lies here and they think they can break my spirit. I believe what I choose and say nothing. I am not as simple as I seem.&quot;</em><p><p>Widowed and alone in the avaricious world of the Tudor court, Katherine has to sidestep her father-in-law's desire for her and convince him, and an incredulous Europe, that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated, that there is no obstacle to marriage with Henry. For seven years, she endures the treachery of spies, the humiliation of poverty, and intense loneliness and despair while she waits for the inevitable moment when she will step into the role she has prepared for all her life. Then, like her warrior mother, Katherine must take to the battlefield and save England when its old enemies the Scots come over the border and there is no one to stand against them but the new Queen.<p><p><em>&quot;It was my dying husband's hope, my mother's wish, and God's will that I should be Queen of England; and for them and for the country, I will be Queen of England until I die.&quot;</em><p><p>Raised on the battlefield and in the most beautiful Moorish palace in the world, sent to England alone at the age of sixteen to take her place in a court where she couldn't speak the language, and abandoned and forced to endure poverty after the death of her husband, Katherine remained a woman of indomitable spirit, unwavering faith, and extraordinary strength. Philippa Gregory brings to life one of history's most inspiring women and creates one of the most compelling characters in historical fiction.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was actually the second attempt I made at reading this book.  The first failed about fifty pages in: I simply couldn't buy the premise.  Apparently there are some things that are &quot;obviously what happened&quot; in Gregory's brain, but that seemed like huge, wildly improbable conjecture to m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1419537">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started to read this book and I'm hooked so far.<br/>***********<br/><br/>I completed this book last night and I really enjoyed it.  Its the first book I've read from this author and she does a wonderful job telling this historal fiction book.  I sometimes have trouble getting into these kin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7889343">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have not read many Philippa Gregory books, but this is my favorite so far.  I love the story of Katherine of Aragon, however embellished it may be.  I love the lusciousness of Philippa's imagination bringing a completely believable story to the unknown crevices of Katherine's life and then setting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40946469">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually rated this 3.5 stars.  Here's my review from Amazon.ca:<br/><br/>I read “The Other Boleyn Girl last month last month. (See My Review).  It was my first Phillippa Gregory book and I loved it.  Since I was hungry for more Gregory I decided on The Constant Princess next.  I actually list...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4440351">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the prequel to the book The Other Boleyn Girl. Philipa Gregory has thankfully improved her writing since The Other Boleyn Girl (a book I really liked though). This is the story of Katherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry the VIII, and her rise to the throne as the Queen of England. I rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12552471">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Philippa Gregory has taken the question of Katherine of Aragon’s (Cataline, Infanta of Spain) lie and used that to make rather a lot of assumptions about her relationships with Arthur and Henry. The lie, of course that her marriage to Prince Arthur was never consummated, and therefore provided gro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44294459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up The Constant Princess because it was too noisy and distracting in the hospital to read the German book I was in the middle of. Essentially a prequel to The Other Boleyn Girl, this is Philippa Gregory's novel about Katherine of Aragon. While the story in The Other Boleyn Girl is unfamilia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77149775">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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