tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364684036684376905.post6774268815069131334..comments2024-02-19T23:28:11.667-08:00Comments on Royal Rendezvous: Six Wives by David StarkeyViolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364684036684376905.post-12971723232891679772010-06-30T23:46:13.461-07:002010-06-30T23:46:13.461-07:00Thank you very much for your comment, Matterhorn. ...Thank you very much for your comment, Matterhorn. I am also reading Henry: Virtuous Prince by Starkey and he seems convinced that Catherine and Arthur consummated the marriage. It's Starkey's opinion, not mine. <br /><br />I am keeping an open mind. There is plenty of evidence on Catherine's side as well. Arthur was only 15 and probably quite innocent. Also, his famous remark about Spain could have just been the bragging of a teenage boy. <br /><br />As you say, Catherine did have every indication of having a clear conscience.<br /><br />Sometimes Starkey takes the easy way out, I think. He was easily convinced of Richard III's guilt, I thought.Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364684036684376905.post-75835085027666436082010-06-29T19:16:24.081-07:002010-06-29T19:16:24.081-07:00Thank you for this review, Viola. I have not read ...Thank you for this review, Viola. I have not read the book, so cannot comment on it, but I find it hard to believe Catherine would have lied. Surely if she had, she would have been tormented by guilt, being so religious? Yet in her last letter and elsewhere she seems to have an inner serenity that strikes me as coming from a clear conscience.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com