Katharine, The Virgin Widow

The Infanta Katharine had left Spain for England as the bride of Arthur, Prince of Wales, only to become a widow almost immediately.Living in poverty at Durham House, Katharine discovered that she was the subject of the scheming of her domineering chaperone Dona Elvira, and that her father's ambassadors worked against each other. Bravely Katharine accepted her own fate, always conscious of young Prince Henry, now heir to the throne, egotistical yet sentimental; wilful and arrogant, yet robust and handsome.