Katharine, the Virgin Widow

I have been collecting books by Jean Plaidy for years. Jean Plaidy was a pseudonym used by author Eleanor Hibbert. Hibbert also wrote under the name Victoria Holt and Philippa Carr, plus several others. Each genre she wrote in was under a different name. I can totally understand. She wanted her hist......more

Ehhhhh, I'm honestly considering lowering my rating to 2.5, because this book was really not that great. I just don't think that in years to come I will remember actually reading this book, because the events are already fading from my mind. I only remember the plot because of the fact that I know......more

The Tudor series is not a string of novels written one after the other; they were written at different stages during Plaidy’s life. The first book was the last to be written. This second one – and the two that follow it – are really sequels from the Daughters of Spain series. In consequence, a huge p......more

In the eyes of the world, Katharine of Aragon was a precious object to be disposed of for the glory of Spain. Her parents, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, send her to England to become the bride of Arthur, Prince of Wales. But soon her frail husband was dead, and a fateful question loomed: Was the......more

I gave this book 5 stars simply because of the way it was written, given the time period it was written in. I began to learn about English History with the author Jean Plaidy (who also wrote under the pen name Victoria Holt). I was in my tweens when I read her first book, and boy, did I go through t......more