Download or read book The Spanish Bride written by Laurien Gardner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The queen who married a Tudor and a tyrant. Her name was Catherine. For over two decades, she was Queen of England, until her failure to bear the king a son, her advancing age, and King Henry VIII's obsession with Anne Boleyn cost Catherine the crown, her marriage, and her life. This is her story, told from the point of view of Estrella de Montoya, her trusted maid of honor, who traveled from Spain to England with her, and witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of her amazing life.