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Book of the Week: Giles Tremlett - Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen

Book of the Week: Giles Tremlett - Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen: Episode 1

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Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen

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Giles Tremlett - Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen

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The life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen and changed the course of Tudor history.

4 Extra Debut. The life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen of England and changed the course of Tudor history. Read by Yolanda Vazquez.

A compelling account of the life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen of England, then changed the course of Tudor history by refusing to grant Henry VIII the divorce he needed to marry Anne Boleyn. 

Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's new biography of Catherine of Aragon, the tenacious woman whose marriage lasted twice as long as those of Henry's five other wives put together.

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Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

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Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's biography of Henry VIII's first wife

Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's biography of Catherine of Aragon, the tenacious woman whose marriage lasted twice as long as those of Henry's five other wives put together.

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