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Book of the Week - Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen - Episode 1

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A compelling account of the life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen of England, then changed the course of Tudor history by refusing to grant Henry VIII the divorce he needed to marry Anne Boleyn. Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's new biography of Catherine of Aragon, the tenacious woman whose marriage lasted twice as long as those of Henry's five other wives put together. Abridged by Alison Joseph Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.