{"product_id":"catherine-of-aragon-the-spanish-queen-of-henry-viii-9780802779168","title":"Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe youngest child of the legendary monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain  Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) was born to marry for dynastic gain. Endowed with English royal blood on her mothers side  she was betrothed in infancy to Arthur  Prince of Wales  eldest son of Henry VII of England  an alliance that greatly benefited both sides. Yet Arthur died weeks after their marriage in 1501  and Catherine found herself remarried to his younger brother  soon to become Henry VIII. The history of England-and indeed of Europe-was forever altered by their union. Drawing on his deep knowledge of both Spain and England  Giles Tremlett has produced the first full biography in more than four decades of the tenacious woman whose marriage to Henry VIII lasted twice as long (twenty-four years) as his five other marriages combined. Her refusal to divorce him put her at the center of one of historys greatest power struggles  one that has resonated down through the centuries- Henrys break away from the Catholic Church as  bereft of a son  he attempted to annul his marriage to Catherine and wed Anne Boleyn. Catherines daughter  Mary  would controversially inherit Henrys throne; briefly and bloodily  she returned England to the Catholicism of her mothers native Spain  foreshadowing the Spanish Armada some three decades later. From Catherines peripatetic childhood at the glittering court of Ferdinand and Isabella to the battlefield at Flodden  where she  in Henrys absence abroad  led the English forces to victory against Scotland to her determination to remain queen and her last years in almost monastic isolation  Giles Tremlett vividly re-creates the life of a giant figure in the sixteenth century. Catherine of Aragon will take its place among the best of Tudor biography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665822670901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802779166","price":30.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802779168.jpg?v=1782408639","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/catherine-of-aragon-the-spanish-queen-of-henry-viii-9780802779168","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}