Review: The Duty of Daughters by Wendy J. Dunn
The Duty of Daughters Falling Pomegranate Seeds, Book #1 Wendy J. Dunn Review: This novel has been on my TBR list for a few years, and I'm delighted I finally had the chance to read it. And what a fascinatingly educating journey it turned out to be! The Duty of Daughters focuses on the childhood years of Katherine of Aragon – Spanish princess, English queen, reluctant divorcée. Catalina, as she was known as a girl, is only five years old when the story, told by her tutor, Doña Beatriz Galindo, begins. A curious child, she has a hunger for learning – something that is appreciated and encouraged in the bustling household of her illustrious parents, Queen Isabel I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Beatriz delights in teaching the royal children, alongside her professional vocation at the university in Salamanca. A truly amazing lady, and sadly forgotten like so many women in history, she makes for a compelling narrator of Catalina's story. Beatri...
