SummaryCatherine of Aragon treasured the romantic ideal of the
chivalric knight in shining armor. Believing she's married
one, she surrendered her fate to a monarch whose treatment
of his wives would make him nortorious...
Estrella de Montoya is maid of honor to Catherine of Aragon,
the Spanish princess betrothed to Arthur, Price of Wales.
Traveling away from home for the first time, Estrella shares
her mistress's vision of England as a land of chivalric
knights and courtly love. Her heart flutters at the bright
prospects before them, as the English rejoice at Catherine's
arrival.
Decades later, Estrella has learned from bitter experience
that poetic legends are not to be confused with real life.
But Catherine, long married to Arthur's brother Henry,
clings to her illusionseven when Henry desperate for a
male heir, seeks to set her aside for a younger woman. At
great danger to herself, Estrella remains loyal to her lady,
the true queen.
Through it all, Estrella remains uniquely positioned to
witness Catherine's triumphs and tragedies as they both risk
everything against a king to whom human lifelet alone
chivalryis nothing compared to his own personal desires...
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