Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon
(Six Tudor Queens)
By Nicola Harris
(Six Tudor Queens)
By Nicola Harris
Publication Date: 5th March 2026
Publisher: Independently Published
Print Length: 268 Pages
Genre: Biographical Historical Fiction | Tudor Fiction | Historical Fiction
Born in the glittering courts of Castile and Aragon and forged in the shadow of war, Catalina de Aragón grows up surrounded by queens, rebels, and explorers. She is her mother’s last daughter, the final jewel of a dynasty built on conquest and faith, and the one child Isabella of Castile cannot bear to lose.
But destiny has already claimed Catalina.
Promised to Prince Arthur of England since childhood, she is raised to bind kingdoms, soothe old wounds, and carry the hopes of an empire across the sea. Yet, Spain fractures under rebellion, grief, and the ruthless zeal of its own rulers.
From the burning streets of Granada to the storm lashed Bay of Biscay, Catalina and her sisters must navigate a treacherous path shaped by ambition, betrayal, and the dangerous love of men who fear the power of queens. She learns to read cyphers, to read hearts, and to stand unbroken even as her childhood is stripped from her piece by piece.
And when she finally sails for England armed with her mother’s lessons, her father’s steel, and the ghosts of the Alhambra at her back, Catalina steps into her fate not as a girl, but as a force.
A princess.
A survivor.
A daughter of Aragon.
Infidel is the story of a young woman raised for greatness and destined to reshape the fate of nations. This is Catalina, as she has never been seen before. She is fierce, vulnerable, and unforgettable.
A sweeping, intimate portrait of sisterhood, survival, and the making of a dynasty, Infidel reveals the hidden lives of a woman whose courage shaped the Tudor world.
Review
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If you like historical fiction with strong women and a bit of royal drama, this is a really good one to try.
The story follows Catalina as she grows from a child into a young woman, and that journey is easy to get pulled into. From the start, there’s this quiet sense that her life isn’t really her own. The betrothal scene early on really stuck with me—the heavy jewellery, the formality of it all, and Catalina drifting off into thoughts of dragons and Camelot. It feels almost sweet at first, but there’s something a bit sad underneath it too.
As she gets older, her world starts to feel more controlled. Life at court is detailed and very watchful—everyone seems to be aware of how they’re seen, and nothing is ever just casual. Catalina slowly realises she’s being shaped into who she’s expected to be, rather than figuring things out for herself.
What I liked most was the contrast between how beautiful everything looks on the surface and what’s actually going on underneath. There’s all the richness and ceremony, but also tension, religion, and power struggles, and those things really affect people’s lives.
Juana adds a different perspective. While Catalina tends to adapt, Juana questions things more, especially when it comes to religion and the harsher sides of court life. Through her, you get a better sense of how complicated and difficult this world really is.
You also feel the wider history shaping everything in the background, without it taking over the story.
At its core, it’s about growing up, responsibility, and not always having control over your own future.
Overall, Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon is a really engaging read, and I’d definitely carry on with Catalina’s story.
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Nicola Harris
I’ve always been a writer, but it was only when illness forced me to stop everything that I finally had the time to write a novel. After decades of misdiagnosis, I learned I was born with a serious genetic condition, not rare, but profoundly misunderstood. The clues were there from birth, and suddenly, a lifetime of struggle made sense.
Writing became my lifeline: a way to step beyond my pain, to shape my experience into a story, and to find meaning where there had once been only endurance.
I have a lifelong love of children, Counselling, and Psychotherapy Theory and history.
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