The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory
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Prelims show reconstructions of letters written by Katherine of Aragon
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Contents
Dedication
Dogmersfield Palace, Hampshire, Autumn 1501
Blackfriars Hall The Papal Legate sitting as a court to hear the King’s Great Matter, June 1529
There was a scream, and then the loud roar of fire enveloping silken hangings, then a mounting crescendo of shouts of panic that spread and spread from one tent to another as the flames ran too, leaping from