![]() ![]() Juana’s time in public life was short having spent the majority of her later years in custody. There could have been a lot more about Juana in this book but I understand why there isn’t. The recounting of the death of Katherine is really moving. There are some great descriptions of certain events in Tudor history with some wonderful detail, essentially bringing the events to life. ![]() However, that being said, the deeper I got into the book, the better I liked it. My recent reading has been of more thoughtful biographies and analyses of history such as Bethany Aram’s “Juana the Mad” so Fox’s book seemed on the simplistic side. It’s not really a serious biography of these two women at all. But I have to confess, as I was reading the beginning of this book I became a little annoyed. Having read plenty of biographies of Katherine of Aragon, I wasn’t as interested in this part of the story but Fox does present Katherine in a slightly different light which is always refreshing. In the never-ending quest to discover if Juana of Castile was really mad or not, I picked up a copy of this book to read. ![]()
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