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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2005
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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
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Source ISBN: 9780007190317
Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007370122
Version: 2017-01-23
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