Book Title: Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Katherine of Aragon Story
Series: Omnibus Edition
Author: Wendy J. Dunn
Publication Date: February 28th, 2025
Publisher: Poesy Quill
Pages: 1030 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction / Tudor Fiction
Any Triggers: This is a story for adults, with adult themes and situations.
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Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Katherine of Aragon Story
Wendy J. Dunn
In the Falling Pomegranate Seeds Duology, readers are transported to the rich historical tapestry of 15th and 16th-century Europe, where the lives of remarkable women unfold against the backdrop of political upheaval and personal struggles.
In the first book, beginning in 1490 Castile, Doña Beatriz Galindo, a passionate and respected scholar, serves as an advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile. Beatriz yearns for a life beyond the constraints imposed on women, desiring to control her own destiny. As she witnesses the Holy War led by Queen Isabel and her husband, King Ferdinand of Aragon, Beatriz dedicates herself to guiding Queen Isabel's youngest child, Catalina of Aragon, on her own path. Beatriz's role as a tutor and advisor becomes instrumental in shaping Catalina's future as she prepares to become England's queen.
Fast forward to the winter of 1539 in the second book, where María de Salinas, a dear friend and cousin of Catalina (now known as Katherine of Aragon), pens a heartfelt letter to her daughter, the Duchess of Suffolk. Unable to make the journey from her London home due to illness, María shares her life story, intricately woven with her experiences alongside Catalina. Their friendship has endured through exile and tumultuous times. María seeks to shed light for her daughter on the choices she has made in a story exploring themes of friendship, betrayal, hatred, and forgiveness. Through María's narrative, the eternal question Will love ultimately triumph?
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María giggled at Catalina’s sour expression as she sat for breakfast. On the table was a dish of grey mass lumped into a bowl. Catalina pushed aside the bowl, reaching for the fresh white bread and hard cheese. She nibbled at these, picked up a goblet and sipped the beer.
“They cannot expect me to drink this,” Catalina said, pushing the goblet aside too.
María chuckled again. On one of their first days in England, Catalina had turned to her when first tasting this English brew, whispering for her ears alone: “This is the sponge of ice and vinegar given to our Lord.”
Gulping back another bubble of laughter, she swilled down a mouthful from the rejected goblet. “I’m becoming accustomed to it. It is different from what we are used to at home, but I do not mind it.”
Catalina pushed her bowl towards her in answer. “If you like English beer, taste this then.”
María picked up the bowl, sniffed, and put it down again. “Even for the love of you, I will not eat this. It may be that English dish of sheep brains Doña Elvira told us about.”
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