by José Miguel Carrillo de Albornoz · Belacqua Ediciones S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495894052
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«La reina triste» is the historical novel by José Miguel Carrillo de Albornoz, published by Belacqua Ediciones in hardcover (319 pages, in Spanish).
Historical novel that follows Catherine of Aragon, daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, from the negotiations of her marriage to Arthur of England until her death at Kimbolton Castle. After being widowed, she marries Henry VIII and becomes Queen of England, but for failing to give him a male heir she is repudiated in favor of Anne Boleyn. The work interweaves Catherine's conflict between love and honor with the reasons of state and religion of her time.
The novel is set in the English court of the late 15th and early 16th centuries and describes the splendor of the era and the intrigues of the court.
