"This is everything that a good historical novel should be." -- The Guardian
The King's Pleasure
A Novel of Katharine of Aragon
Description
Norah Lofts’s tales of royal Britain have stood the test of time.
This international bestseller powerfully tells of the life of Katharine of Aragon, from her childhood in Spain to her reign and downfall in England as the first wife of Henry VII. A princess by birth and a queen by marriage, Katharine always held the highest aspirations for her life, never doubting a vision both she and her mother, Isabella of Spain, had of her becoming one of the great rulers of Europe.
Genres
Pages448
Released2008
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTouchstone
ISBN9781439150245
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
Norah Lofts was one of the best known and best loved of all historical novelists, renowned for her authentic use of period detail. Born in 1904 in Norfolk, England, Lofts wrote more than fifty books of fiction, nonfiction, and short stories over the course of her half-century-long writing career, including The King's Pleasure and Here Was a Man, and was a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic.
