Sister Queens
Subtitle: Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
By: Julia Fox
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; George Weidenfeld & Nicholson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780297857563
Subjects: Queens; Biography; History
Description: Daughters of the formidable Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine and Juana were born in to a world of privilege and luxury that came at a devastating personal price. They were trained from an early age to understand European diplomacy and to revere their position as defenders of Catholicism against any threat to their religion. In an age of familiy politics, the sisters were useful only as a way to secure new alliances through marriage; both at the mercy of the men they were to marry. Katherine's marriage to Prince Arthur apeared to go well until he died suddenly after ten months. Marriage to King Henry VIII did not result in the vital heir, and soon Henry was displaying his despotic nature, with the execution of 'traitors' and high-handed affair.