Catherine of Aragon, The Warrior Queen (I)

by Ana Cristina

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My mother was not just a queen. She was also a warrior, like my father. They rode side by side in times of war, and she fought with no less ferocity than he. They were beloved by their people and feared by their adversaries. They were beloved most of all by me, which was why it was such a blow when they sent me far away from Spain to marry an English prince I had never even met.

At first I was miserable. Not only did my husband and I not speak the same language but he clearly did not want to be in the same room with me, let alone in the same bed. Yet as we learned a little of each other’s language, we slowly learned to like each other. Just as we were learning to love each other, death took him and left me a new husband in his place, his younger brother.

I married him to maintain the alliance between Spain and England. I was still grieving my husband’s death and did not want to marry anyone else, but I knew my duty. And in truth, I was dazzled by my new husband, flattered by his devotion.

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  1. Catherine of Aragon, The Warrior Queen (I)

    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 6 months ago

    Interesting… * evil chuckle *

  2. Catherine of Aragon, The Warrior Queen (I)

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    cool introduction of a historical series.

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    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very cool, as SKEET / Kermit points out. You should get it published. I’d buy a story that starts like this… Truly Awesome! I liked this especially – “At first I was miserable. Not only did my husband and I not speak the same language but he clearly did not want to be in the same room with me, let alone in the same bed.” Writer Sol Stein says that differences in culture and class create the most popular novels and stories – (i.e. Streetcar named Desire, and so on…) Brilliant!

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    Six Feet Under The Stars' Buddy Icon Six Feet Under The Stars

    Posted 2 months ago

    i really love everything about henry the 8th and all of his wives. its one of my favorite periods in history, adn i love to read about it. however, i think u got a few things wrong here. by the time catherine married henry, it had been about 9 years since the death of arthur. she and him had barely gotten to know each other, and she was overjoyed to finally be queen as she was supposed to be.

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    penguincaptain18's Buddy Icon penguincaptain18

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m rather sad to say I don’t know to much about King Henry (I know he kept killing his wives, thats about it) so I’ll be no judge of its historical accuracy. But I will be monitoring its enetertainment level :) Can hardly wait to see where this goes.

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