Cover Price: € 11.50
Format: Paperback
Pages: 528 Language
: Italian
Original title: The Constant Princess
Original language: English
Publisher: Sperling Paperback
Publication Year: 2009
Translator: M. Deppisch
Genres : historical novel
Catherine of Aragon is the Infanta of Spain, his parents are powerful Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, kings and Crusaders. Three years is promised to Prince Arthur, son and heir of Henry VII of England, and educated to become Princess of Wales. She knows that her destiny is to rule that out, wet and cold country. His confidence shaken, however, when, come the new land, is sustained by the future father in law with a serious insult. Arthur seems little more than a boy, the food is strange and the customs and habits are crude in comparison to the sophisticated tastes of Spain. Slowly, though, Catherine is adapted to the first Tudor court life and the next Arturo becomes more bearable. Indeed, unexpectedly, from this marriage blooms a tender love and full of passion. When the King dies, Catherine must redesign its future: how can that be queen and founding a dynasty? Only by marrying the young brother of Arturo, but spoiled the solar Henry. The British royal family is opposed to this marriage, the more that Henry VII was in love with her. Catherine, however, is the worthy daughter of Isabella and her fighting spirit is indomitable. As one opposed and will do everything to achieve its purpose: even if it means pronouncing the biggest lie of all and to remain faithful to any price.
It was love at first sight between me and this novel. I knew the author only famous in the film "The Other Boleyn Girl" with Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman who was taken from his book. I love the historical genre and Gregory described the history of the Tudors in a sublime way. The young Catherine is the daughter of the great Queen Isabella the Catholic who joined the English kingdom under his crown, and defeated the Moors in an epic crusade. We know the little Infanta was during a battle at the gates of the great red castle in Granada. A tremendous raging fire in the camp and the little tearfully called his mother, is scared and just wants to be reassured. But Isabella is first of all Regina and a fighter has no time to console her daughter. Catherine will grow strong and indomitable as the mother from which exactly learns an important lesson: no one escapes his fate. The Infanta of Spain one day become Queen of England and this will allow her parents to enter into an alliance with the kingdom Brittan. At the age of 15 years will take a long sea crossing to the lead on the coast of England where he will make the acquaintance of Arthur, eldest son of King Henry and his betrothed by the age of three years. The two young men do not know, have never seen, and their first meeting is very unusual. King Henry is keen to know the daughter that ha "comprato" per il figlio ed entra nel cuore della notte nella stanza della giovane, incurante del protocollo reale. Caterina accoglie il re e Arturo come avrebbe fatto sua madre, non si lascia mettere a disagio dall'irruenza del suocero ed è padrona della situazione sebbene sia poco più di una bambina. Il matrimonio è quantomai sfarzoso e presto i due giovani si ritroveranno in viaggio verso il Galles. Ed è proprio durante questo impervio viaggio che i due sposi novelli scopriranno che oltre agli obblighi reali a legarli c'è un vero sentimento d'amore. Caterina si sente la figlia prediletta del Signore: diventerà Regina d'Inghilterra, adempiendo così al volere di sua madre ma soprattutto è sposata all'uomo che ama e che ricambia his feelings. But fate has other plans for this young couple. A few months later Arthur, the rose of England, died leaving Catherine with nothing. They will be tough years for the young Infanta and gray that will go from being Princess of Wales to Princess widow without dowry and no place in the court. Spend seven long years before we turn the fate to his favor, allowing her to become Queen again thanks to his marriage with the young Henry VIII. Through the narration of the young Catherine Gregory know, we see her grow up and feel sorry for her and her young dream of love is broken. It 's a story of love and solitude: Caterina is a little more than a girl who finds herself alone in a foreign country so different from his sunny Spain, and which knows neither the customs nor the uses of this people. has a bad reputation from the Queen Mother, who will always try to put in difficulty and has few lasting friendships. In the dark years of his young life will be completely isolated from the rest of the world, only the memory of Arthur and the promise made to him on his deathbed able to give her the strength to keep fighting against all odds. We know that married life with the egocentric Henry will not be easy, and only the birth of Mary, I bring a little sunshine into the life of Catherine. It is a very good book, a fascinating and historically preciso che consiglio vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere.
Philippa Gregory (Kenya, 9 gennaio 1954) è una scrittrice britannica, famosa soprattutto per i suoi romanzi storici. Nata in Kenya, all'età di due anni si trasferì con la famiglia in Inghilterra. A scuola, era una ribelle, ma decise infine di frequentare l'università, e terminò gli studi all'Università del Sussex. Lavorò poi due anni alla radio della BBC, prima di iscriversi all'Università di Edimburgo, dove ha conseguito un dottorato sulla letteratura del XVIII secolo. Si è poi dedicata all'insegnamento, all'Università di Durham, di Teesside e alla Open University. I suoi studi e il suo background accademico have given her a broad knowledge of various historical periods, but particularly that of the Tudor dynasty and the sixteenth century, the central theme of his most famous novels.
Tudor Saga of all published Sperling
1. The Other Boleyn Girl, (2001)
2. The Queen's Jester (2003)
3. The lover of the Virgin Queen (2004)
4. Catherine, his first wife (2005)
5. The legacy of Queen (2006)
6. The Other Queen (2010)
took read: ten days
Recommended drink: tea vanilla
recommended reading age: 14 years
Rating: 8
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