This wasn't up to Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl" although I still liked it. It's the story of Katherine of Aragon who was raised to be Queen of England since a small girl, her brief time as Princess of Wales married to Prince Aurthur, the long dangerous period following Arthur's death and her final ascendancy when his brother Henry VIII makes her his queen. I'm very familiar with the story and enjoyed Gregory's exploration of the Moorish influence on Katherine in education and sensibilities - something I haven't ran across in fiction or historical research. But ultimately, the story as written by Gregory was not very compelling and the writing bland.