Oh, this is definitely one of my most favorite historical fiction novels! Katherine is such a wonderful character and her and John's relationship enthralled me from beginning to end. (view spoiler)[ Towards the end of the novel when Katherine makes her pilgrimage to Walsingam and then meets Julian of Norwich, that's when I really fell in love with her character. That is the point in the novel when she showed weakness but then, with help, was able to pull herself out of it and become a better person. (hide spoiler)] This will be a novel that I will reread again and again!