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Katharine of Aragon: Three Novels in One Volume (The Wives of Henry VIII)
by Plaidy, Jean
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0739454021
- ISBN 13
- 9780739454022
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Three Rivers Press, 2005. BC-unstated . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (Book Club--unstated) Sturdy thick book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 643 pages plus brief bibliography and readers' guide. DJ glossy cream background with color-illustration of queen, yellow borders. DJ has tiny crease at spine top right, light crease at top back edge near tip. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
For the first time in paperback--all three of Jean Plaidy's Katharine of Aragon novels in one volume.Legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy begins her tales of Henry VIII's queens with the story of his first wife, the Spanish princess Katharine of Aragon.As a teenager, Katharine leaves her beloved Spain, land of olive groves and soaring cathedrals, for the drab, rainy island of England. There she is married to the king's eldest son, Arthur, a sickly boy who dies six months after the wedding. Katharine is left a widow who was never truly a wife, lonely in a strange land, with a very bleak future. Her only hope of escape is to marry the king's second son, Prince Henry, now heir to the throne. Tall, athletic, handsome, a lover of poetry and music, Henry is all that Katharine could want in a husband. But their first son dies and, after many more pregnancies, only one child survives, a daughter. Disappointed by his lack of an heir, Henry's eye wanders, and he becomes enamored of another woman--a country nobleman's daughter named Anne Boleyn. When Henry begins searching for ways to put aside his loyal first wife, Katharine must fight to remain Queen of England and to keep the husband she once loved so dearly.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55809
- Title
- Katharine of Aragon: Three Novels in One Volume (The Wives of Henry VIII)
- Author
- Plaidy, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BC-unstated
- ISBN 10
- 0739454021
- ISBN 13
- 9780739454022
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- English Queens Royalty British Royalty
Terms of Sale
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Callaghan Books South
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New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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