Story of Katherine of Aragon's Journey from Spain to wed Prince Arthur eldest son of the King of England as seen by Eva De Puebla.
It’s early spring, and primroses are blooming in the woods – a lovely day. Papa is telling me about a woman who was digging turnips and put the fork clean through her foot when a horse comes galloping along the lane towards us. The rider pulls it to a halt. ‘Doctor Jones!’ he gasps, ‘There’s been...
Pauline and I are sitting on the grass on the common, eating apples. They’re from a tree in our garden that bloomed again this spring. I go back there to look at the garden sometimes, though I didn’t at first. The house is getting rebuilt, but it won’t be ready for months yet. We’re in a bungalow...
Mama gave it to me as a parting present so that I could write about this journey from Spain to England. “Don’t waste it,” she said. “Just write the important things. The big ones.” That was three months ago. It was August when we sailed from Corunna – but how could I write...