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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 is an exceptional voice for Tudor fiction, and has a deep understanding of the era. Her words ring true and touch the heart, plunging the reader into a fascinating, dangerous and emotionally touching new world." - Barbara Gaskell Denvil

"Dunn deftly weaves a heartrending story about the bonds between mothers and daughters, sisters and friends. Each character is beautifully crafted with a compassionate touch to draw the reader into every raw emotion, from triumph to tragedy." - Adrienne Dillard, author of Cor Rotto

"This is a captivating read, written with heart, significance and sensibility. Dunn is a careful writer. She doesn't exploit her characters; rather, she explores them and brings us along for the journey. This is a novel researched with integrity, and Dunn reaches out and lands beautifully in the winner's circle." - Wendy Zollo, Historical Novels Review

"...magnificent, riveting reading"

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FINALIST IN THE 2020 CHAUCER AWARD for pre-1750s Historical Fiction (Winner decided on June 5th, 2021).

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Wendy J. Dunn is an award-winning Australian author, playwright and poet. Her first Tudor novels were two Anne Boleyn novels: Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth. Wendy's most recent publications are two novels inspired by the life of Katherine of Aragon: her Falling Pomegranate Seeds duology: The Duty of Daughters (a finalist in the 2020 Chaucer award) and All Manner of Things (2021), silver medalist in Readers' Favorite for historical personage. Wendy tutors in writing at the Swinburne University of Technology. She's currently writing a novel set in 2010. Of course, it includes a Tudor story. She is also writing her first full length Tudor biography, commissioned by Pen and Sword.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B081NKMSC9
出版社 ‏ : ‎ Poesy Quill; 第2版 (2019/11/17)
発売日 ‏ : ‎ 2019/11/17
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A very interesting and informative story! I greatly enjoyed exploring Katherine of Aragon's childhood. The reader gets a good insight about her family life, her education amidst the political events she witnessed from her birth on. Seen through her teacher' s eyes, who is herself an extraordinary person, the reader becomes part of this family and experiences the real Queen Isabel and the King Ferdinand behind closed doors. I learned a lot and also realized I had a few misconceptions about some of the characters of this royal family. Really good!

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This is an amazing novel, could not put it down!

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I absolutely love reading Wendy J. Dunn’s historical novels (Dear Heart, How like you This? about Anne Boleyn and The Light in the Labyrinth about Catherine Carey). I feel that she creates such fascinating characters, she really sets the scene in the Spanish court and brings history to life!

What I loved about this book, it focused on Queen Isabel and her husband, King Ferdinand of Aragon and their children; Isabel, Juan, Juana, Maria and Catalina (the future Katherine of Aragon, the wife to Arthur Tudor and Henry VIII), but through the eyes of Beatriz, who saw first-hand the strengths and flaws of all of these important historical figures, but in my mind makes them more human but also making them interesting, as it is being written from a different point-of-view.

I highly enjoyed that this book focused on Katherine as a child, but her sorrow and misery in her adult life has been several times before (I love it and I’d still read them) but it was completely refreshing being able to read about Katherine growing up, especially reading about her relationship with her mother, her siblings and her lifelong friend, Maria de Salinas. It was wonderful to read about her relationship with her tutor and governess, who would play a massive part in helping Katherine get ready to become the future Princess of Wales and future Queen of England.

I fell in love with these characters, as Wendy made them feel so real! Beatriz was depicted as a strong and intelligent, but caring woman. Beatriz is a poet, and scholar at a time, when it was mainly men who became scholars, but Queen Isabel believed in and trusted Beatriz enough, to teach and govern her youngest daughter, Catalina and even throughout the story, we learn that Beatriz taught Queen Isabel latin. The author establishes that for all the women in this story it was difficult, as women were mainly used a bargaining tool for an alliances, but were reared to become wives and mothers. Although, for Queen Isabel, it was particularly difficult as she was a Queen, when it was regarded as a man’s right to rule, but she married Ferdinand to bring Spain together and had children to make more political alliances, but also to establish their dynasty. In spite of Isabel’s gender, she has gone down in history as a fierce and warrior Queen.

I was fond of reading Queen Isabel’s interactions with her children, as I will admit that my impression of Queen Isabel was someone who had a strong personality and that it was her way or no way, but Wendy has compelled me to change my perception of Isabel, as a kind and caring mother.

However, the one character that I failed to take a shining too was Ferdinand of Aragon, but that is due to Wendy’s spectacular writing, but he is depicted as being malicious to his daughter Juana (which could explain how Juana came to be known as Joanna the Mad). He is also vile to Beatriz in his treatment of her and I literally was getting so angry reading about him. In the end, I am glad when Beatriz confides in her friend and Queen, Isabel about her treatment from Ferdinand and that she believes her and helps her. This shows how into the story I became, and it is credit to Wendy that her writing suck me straight into the story! I was highly devastated when the book was finished!

The author has written about many themes throughout this book. Love, friendship and family are the biggest themes that are featured throughout the book, as the Spanish royal family suffered so many tragedies and even Beatriz herself suffered personal tragedies of her own. It demonstrated to me, that from then to even now in the 21st century, that if we have those three things in our lives (love, friendship and family) that we will be able to cope and deal with anything, no matter how difficult the situation! Death is also another theme through the book, as many of the Royal Family’s loved one died, they came to term with their grief in many different ways and it was interesting to read.

I enjoyed this novel, as even though I knew about Katherine of Aragon, Queen Isabel of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon, Juana. I did not know much about the Spanish history and the Spanish court. The novel features many historical events and figures such as; Christopher Columbus’s voyage, the Spanish Inquisition, The Holy War, and the conquest of Granada. Whilst reading this book, I was researching and looking up about some of these characters and events that I was reading about at the time.

This book is just fantastic, I cannot praise it enough! I have loved reading Wendy’s books and this book is no different! It is a great novel to get to know the royal Spanish court, and to find out a bit more about the Spanish royalty around the time of the Tudors. I would highly recommend this book to absolutely EVERYONE! You will never get tired of reading this book, the characters are easy to like, you are able to sympathise with the characters and you won’t want to put the book down!

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Laura L. Rahme

Highly anticipated and rewarding - five stars

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They say good writers are those who can reach the reader's heart. Wendy J Dunn possesses this gift. Few novels have moved me to tears. Hugo's Les Misérables is one of them. The last time I cried was after reading Carlos Ruiz Zafon's Marina. Falling Pomegranate Seeds achieved to do the same.

Set in Spain at the time of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand's reign, and covering key historical events, from the fall of Granada, Christopher Columbus' funding and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Falling Pomegranate Seeds is a touching account of Catherine of Aragon's childhood told from the perspective of her educator, Beatriz Galindo. A scholar, and one of the most educated women of this period, Beatriz is tutor for the family and advisor to the Queen. The novel ends as Catherine - Catalina, as she is called in her home country - departs for England to be wedded for the first time, leaving the reader eager for the novel's sequel.

The novel is an intimate journey into the heart of the House of Trastámara, recounting its joys, conflicts and sorrows. We are there, in their bedroom, their hidden world. We feel what they feel. The novel unfolds with beauty, its descriptive passages artfully woven rendering each scene as vivid as though it were a painting.

There is no mistaking the emotional trauma suffered by this fascinating royal family and Wendy's superb writing plucks at every heart string and unravels every secret. On two counts we witness marriage and romantic love thwarted by betrayal and then tragic loss. The selfish and scheming, King Ferdinand, tormented by his more powerful wife, is also a lustful beast. Queen Isabel, burdened by royal duty is at once frightening in her determination against Jews but also pitiful in her recurring mother's loss. Princess Joanna's relationship with her father speaks of abuse and dysfunction. It is a disturbing dynamic which, for those aware of Joanna's future fate, remains psychologically satisfying. We also see the seeds of Catalina's religious piety and her inner strength. Characters are revealed in all their complexities and inner conflicts as when Catalina unveils her father's true motives and temporarily despises him only to cherish him later. But most of all, it is Juan who, at least for me, steals the light. The young prince - a poet, free-spirit and gentle soul who was never to be king, is captivating and utterly lovable. It is he who had me weeping.

Falling Pomegranate Seeds is also the story of Beatriz Galindo who for years suffers torment at the hands of the King and conceals her secret from the Queen for fear of losing her employment with the family she has learned to love.

Falling Pomegranate Seeds is well researched, but its historical details are carefully chosen while its creative liberties only make the novel more enjoyable, letting the reader speculate over truth. Through Catalina's schooling and the reflections of Beatriz, the novel also explores the literature and thinking of the period and achieves to paint Beatriz as a profound and intelligent woman.

But feeling remains the motor for this novel. There are passages that will remain with me always. I wait eagerly for the other books in the series and recommend this book highly for Tudor fans with a genuine interest in Catherine of Aragon's life.

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excellent story! goes into Catherine's early life

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excellent story! goes into Catherine's early life, which was a topic I had not read much about previously. Can't wait for the next one in this series!

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While I have read many books, fiction and nonfiction, regarding Katherine of Aragon, rarely has very space been given to child. Most books give us the young bride of Arthur, then widow, and wife of Henry VIII. Beatriz, her teacher, narrates the story of the young girl growing up in Spain. The relationships with her siblings, parents, her close friendship with Maria who accompanies her to England are explored and insight is given into how Catalina becomes Katherine the Queen. The writing is flows and the imagery of the pomegranate is beautiful. In Judaism it has two meanings, the pomegranate has 613 seeds, the number of commandments given to the Jewish people and young brides are given a pomegranate so they may have as many children as the pomegranate has seeds. Something so important to royal families. An enjoyable read.

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