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The Shadow of the Pomegranate

Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affections for his older wife soon stray, leaving the lonely Katherine to instead use her marital sway to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper and rumours of his fruitful affairs are notorious. With no legitimate heir yet born, Katherine once again begins to fear for her future.

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  • "Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affections for his older wife soon stray, leaving the lonely Katherine to instead use her marital sway to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper and rumours of his fruitful affairs are notorious. With no legitimate heir yet born, Katherine once again begins to fear for her future."@en
  • "Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affection for his older wife soon strays, and the neglected Katharine decides to use her power as queen to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper, and his defeat in France has changed the good-natured boy Katherine loved into an infamous callous ruler. With no legitimate heir yet born, Katharine once again begins to fear for her future."
  • "Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affection for his older wife soon strays, and the neglected Katharine decides to use her power as queen to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper, and his defeat in France has changed the good-natured boy Katherine loved into an infamous callous ruler. With no legitimate heir yet born, Katharine once again begins to fear for her future."@en
  • "The soon after the marriage of Katharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII Spanish spies, the Pope's men, the Queen's seductive ladies-in-waiting, and especially the King's brilliant advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey all were obsessed with one question. Would Queen Katharine be able to give Henry the healthy son he so desperately wanted?"@en
  • "England loved the young lovers, but hardly were they wed when powerful people in Henry's court were spinning webs of intrigue around the innocent royal pair. Spanish spies, the Pope's men, the Queen's seductive ladies-in-waiting, and especially the King's brilliant advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, all were obsessed with one question: Would Queen Katharine be able to give Henry the healthy son he so desperately needed? Everything depended on the answer, especially the destiny of Queen Katharine herself."@en
  • "After years of being the young widow of Arthur, Katherine of Arago is pleased to be married still of childbearing age; she becomes pregnant over and over, but when no child survives, Henry blames her; meanwhile, now that Katherine's mother, Isabella, is dead, greedy Ferdinand tries to take advantage of his daughter's position."@en
  • "Katharine of Aragon's marriage to her beloved King Henry VIII is under threat. This is the third of Jean Plaidy's Tudor novels, continuing the story of Katharine of Aragon's failing marriage to the adulterous Henry VIII."@en
  • "After years of being the young widow of Arthur, Katharine of Arago is pleased to be married to Arthur's younger brother Henry, the king of England. She is twenty-five to his twenty and still of childbearing age. She becomes pregnant over and over, but when no child survives, Henry blames her. Meanwhile, now that Katharine's mother, Isabella, is dead, greedy Ferdinand tries to take advantage of his daughter's position."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
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