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Aragon ( ___MASK20___ , Spanish and , ___MASK20___ ) is an autonomous community in Spain , coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon . Located in northeastern Spain , the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces ( from north to south ): Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel . Its capital is Zaragoza ( also called " Saragossa " in English ). The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a " nationality " of Spain . Philippa Gregory ( born ___MASK47___ January 1954 ) ___MASK49___ an English historical novelist who has been writing since ___MASK50___ . The best known of her ___MASK89___ ___MASK49___ " ___MASK48___ " ( 2001 ), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists ' Association and has been adapted into two separate films . The Constant ___MASK41___ ___MASK49___ a historical ___MASK2___ novel by Philippa Gregory , published in 2005 . The novel depicts a highly fictionalized version of the life of Catherine of Aragon and her rise to power in England . ___MASK41___ of Wales ___MASK49___ a British courtesy title ___MASK40___ by the ___MASK39___ of the Prince of Wales , who ___MASK49___ , since the 14th century , the heir apparent of the English or British monarch . The ___MASK74___ acknowledged title holder was Eleanor de Montfort , ___MASK39___ of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd . It has subsequently been used by wives of post - conquest princes of Wales . ___MASK48___ ( 2001 ) is a historical novel written by British author Philippa Gregory , loosely based on the life of 16th - century aristocrat Mary Boleyn , the sister of Anne Boleyn , of whom little is known . Inspired by the life of Mary , Gregory depicts the annulment of one of the most significant royal marriages in English history ( that of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon ) and conveys the urgency of the need for a male heir to the throne . Much of the history is highly distorted in her account . Catherine of Aragon , also spelled Katherine , ( ___MASK59___ December 1485  7 January 1536 ) was the Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII ; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry ' s elder brother Arthur . England ___MASK49___ a country that ___MASK49___ part of the United ___MASK11___ . It shares ___MASK15___ borders with Scotland to ___MASK55___ and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England ___MASK49___ separated from continental Europe by ___MASK55___ Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country ___MASK42___ ___MASK92___ - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in ___MASK55___ Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over ___MASK87___ smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The Romantic Novelists ' Association ( RNA ) ___MASK49___ an association of romantic ___MASK2___ writers in the United Kingdom . Founded in 1960 , mainly through the efforts of Denise Robins ( ___MASK74___ president ), Barbara Cartland ( ___MASK74___ vice - president ), Vivian Stuart ( ___MASK74___ elected chairman ), and other authors like Elizabeth Goudge , Netta Muskett , Catherine Cookson , Rosamunde Pilcher and Lucilla Andrews .