The Constant Princess. Philippa Gregory

      

      

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2005

      This edition published by Harper 2017

      Copyright © Philippa Gregory Ltd 2005

      Cover design and illustration: Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

      Cover image © Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy (portrait of Queen Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536), c. 1525. Artist: Horenbout, Lucas 1490/95-1544).

      Prelims show reconstructions of letters written by Katherine of Aragon

      Lettering © Stephen Raw 2005

      Philippa Gregory asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007190317

      Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007370122

      Version: 2017-01-23

       Dedication

       For Anthony

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

       Princess of Wales

Granada, 1491

Dogmersfield Palace, Hampshire, Autumn 1501

London, Winter 1501

       Ludlow Castle, Spring 1502

       Summer 1502

       Princess in Waiting

       Winter 1503

       Princess Again

       1504

       1509

       Katherine, Queen of England

       Summer 1509

       Autumn 1509

       Spring 1510

       Winter 1510

       Spring 1511

       Summer 1511

       Autumn 1511

       Spring 1512

       Summer 1512

       Winter 1512

       Spring 1513

       Summer 1513

       Blackfriars Hall: The Papal Legate sitting as a court to hear the King’s Great Matter, June 1529

       Author’s Note

       Discover More of Philippa Gregory’s Tudor Novels

       Gardens for The Gambia

       About the Author

       Also by Philippa Gregory

       About the Publisher

       Granada, 1491

      

      There was a scream, and then the loud roar of fire enveloping