Patience, Princess Catherine
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| Author | Carolyn Meyer |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Young Royals |
| Genre | Young-adult, Historical novel |
| Publisher | Gulliver Books |
Publication date | 1 May 2004 |
| Publication place |  United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 0152165444 |
| OCLC | 61117509 |
| LC Class | PZ7.M5685 Pat 2004 |
| Preceded by | Doomed Queen Anne |
| Followed by | Duchessina, a novel of Catherine de Medici |
Patience, Princess Catherine is a young-adult historical novel by Carolyn Meyer, first published in 2004 as part of the Young Royals series. It tells the story of Catherine of Aragon from her arrival in 1501 to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of England, until her marriage to Henry VIII in 1509. She is uncertain about the marriage and fakes having intercourse by using goat's blood. Arthur dies shortly after the wedding, and the novel deals mainly with Catherine's uncertainty about her future between Arthur's death and her marriage to Henry. In the book she is constantly beset with money troubles, as the English king takes away her small allowance. At the end she marries King Henry and becomes his queen, even though people in court give conflicting accounts of whether or not Arthur and Catherine consummated their marriage, which would later lead to one of the arguments Henry had about their marriage being a contradiction to church rules.
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