It wouldn’t be the first time two novels were combined. It is set in 1499, around the time of the end of The White Princess. The Spanish Princess may also combine Gregory’s next book in the English history timeline, “The King’s Curse.” This tells the story of Margaret Plantagenet, later known as Margaret Pole. He keeps her in England, but without adequate funds to look after her. Henry needs to decide whether to marry his son’s widow himself or allow her to marry his second son, who is now heir to the throne.

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If it was, Henry VII would lose her dowry and she would need to return to her parents, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. If it wasn’t, she can marry Arthur’s brother, Henry. She is suddenly thrown into a world of uncertainty, due to lack of knowledge of whether her marriage to Arthur was consummated. “The Constant Princess” tells the story of Catherine’s life after her first husband dies. There isn’t actually a Gregory novel called The Spanish Princess, but there is one called “The Constant Princess.” This was the one many fans of her novels expected to be adapted by Starz next, as it continues the timeline after the most recent adaptation. Photo credit: The White Princess/Starz, Acquired via Starz Media Room What novels with The Spanish Princess adapt?

The White Princess by Philippa Gregory