Falling Pomegranate Seeds:
The Duty of Daughters: Book 1 of the Katherine of Aragon Story
By Wendy J. Dunn
The Duty of Daughters: Book 1 of the Katherine of Aragon Story
By Wendy J. Dunn
Publication Date: November 17th, 2019
Publisher: Poesy Quill Publishing.
Page Length: 302 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Castile, 1490.
Doña Beatriz Galindo is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A holy war pushing the Moors out of territories ruled by them for centuries.
Beatriz does not want a life like other women. She desires power over her own destiny. Even if this means walking a far harder road.
A passionate and respected scholar, Beatriz serves her friend Queen Isabel of Castile as her advisor. She also tutors the queen’s youngest child, Catalina of Aragon.
Dedicated to Queen Isabel and her children, Beatriz guides the young Catalina of Aragon to walk her own hard life road.
But can she prepare Catalina to be England’s queen?
Finalist in the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction.
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Wendy J. Dunn
Wendy J. Dunn is an award-winning Australian author, playwright and poet fascinated by Tudor history – so much so she was not surprised to discover a family connection to the Tudors, not long after the publication of her first Anne Boleyn novel narrating the Anne Boleyn story through the eyes of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. Her family tree reveals the intriguing fact that one of her ancestral families – possibly over three generations – had purchased land from both the Boleyn and Wyatt families to build up their own holdings. It seems very likely Wendy’s ancestors knew the Wyatts and Boleyns personally.
Her works — including Dear Heart, How Like You This?, The Light in the Labyrinth, The Duty of Daughters, All Manner of Things, and Shades of Yellow — weave together the lyricism of poetry with the pulse of history, creating stories of love, loss, and the endurance of the human spirit.
Thank you for this excellent spotlight—Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters sounds like a fascinating exploration of the early life of Catherine of Aragon. Her years as a child are so often treated merely as a prelude to her marriage to Henry VIII, yet they were crucial in shaping the education, piety, and dynastic consciousness she later carried into the English court.
ReplyDeleteThe emphasis on duty is particularly apt given the role of royal daughters within the Trastámara dynasty, where marriage functioned as a key instrument of diplomacy. A novel that foregrounds these formative influences—and the familial and political structures surrounding them—offers a valuable perspective on a figure too frequently defined only by her later queenship.
I love Tudor fiction, I have added this one to my tbr list.
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