If Katherine Howard had not been born both poor and beautiful, or had she not been adopted by her grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, she might indeed have wed her childhood playmate, Thomas Culpepper. But left to run wild in her grandmother's licentious household, Katherine was introduced to secret pleasures. And as she grew in years and beauty, she was made to serve the political ambitions of her powerful uncle, the Duke of Norfolk. When...

Set against a backdrop of English and Spanish intrigue, this is the story of Katharine of Aragon, a princess exiled in a foreign land, and the handsome, wayward prince, destined to become Henry VIII, who alone has the power to rescue her by making her his queen.