07 May Book Review Infidel The Daughters of Aragon Nicola Harris #InfidelTheDaughtersOfAragon #NicolaHarris #CatherineOfAragon #HistoricalFiction #TudorHistory #BookTour #BlogTour #YardeBookPromotions @mar

FEATURED AUTHOR: NICOLA HARRIS

I’m delighted to feature author Nicola Harris in the Yarde Book Promotions Blog Tour being held between April 27th – May 8th, 2026. Nicola Harris is the author of the Biographical Historical Fiction | Tudor Fiction | Historical Fiction, Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon (Six Tudor Queens), independently published on 5^th March 2026 (268 pages).

Below are highlights of Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon, the author bio for Nicola Harris, and my review of her book that highlights the early years of  Joana and Catherine of Aragon—the daughters of Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II. 

Tour Schedule Page: https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-tour-infidel-daughters-of-aragon.html

HIGHLIGHTS—INFIDEL: THE DAUGHTERS OF ARAGON

Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon
(Six Tudor Queens)
By Nicola Harris

Blurb:

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.

Any Triggers: Grief, mild peril, the Spanish Inquisition, enslaved people, death in childbirth and miscarriage.

Buy Link:

Universal Buy Link

https://books2read.com/u/4AZDEJ

Read with #KindleUnlimited

AUTHOR BIO: 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.

Social Media Links:

Website     Instagram     Twitter / X     Facebook

Bluesky     Pinterest     Amazon Author Page     Goodreads

BOOK REVIEW
INFIDEL: THE DAUGHTERS OF ARAGON

Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon by Nicola Harris is a historical fiction covering the period when Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II consolidated their power after the capture of Granada in 1492, ending Muslim rule in the region and dynastically unifying Spain. The royal couple embarked on religious unification of their country by ordering the mass expulsion of Jews and by initiating the Spanish Inquisition. To make Spain a major power, they financed Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage to the New World and arranged political marriages for each child to other royalty in Europe, including the betrothal of their youngest daughter, Catherine, to King Arthur of England. However, their best laid-out plan for succession is cursed with untimely deaths and conspiracies within the various royal courts. 

Author Nicola Harris has captured the tragedy of social injustice and religious intolerance, which are consequences of conquest. The story is told through the perspectives of Catalina (Catherine of Aragon) and Juana (Joanna, Queen of Castile). The narrator (Catalina or Juana) is captioned before each scene. Raised by a strong mother who commanded an army on battlefields, each daughter was highly educated and expected to do her duty for expanding the political reach of Spain through political marriage. Although Juana questioned social injustice from conquests and the enslavement of natives by Columbus, she nonetheless put on a strong facade despite her personal disappointments. Catherine was also resolved to follow the example of her mother.

The prose is eloquently written with vivid descriptions, natural dialogue, and internal thoughts and emotions of the storyteller. The tragedy the befalls the royal dynasty is heart-wrenching. Each scene effectively captures the moment. However, the transition to the next scene is not always seamless, particularly at the start of the story, making it more difficult to follow the storyline. 

Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon should appeal to readers who would like to learn more about the legacy of Queen Isabella and the earlier years for Catherine of Aragon before she set off to Britain to marry Prince Arthur.  

Twitter / X Handle: @maryanneyarde
Instagram Handle: @yardereviews
Bluesky Handle: @maryanneyarde.bsky.social