Patience, Princess Catherine is a young adult
historical novel by
Carolyn Meyer, first published in 2004 as part of the
Young Royals series. It tells the story of
Catherine of Aragon from her arrival in 1501 to marry
Arthur, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of England, until her marriage to
Henry VIII in 1509.. Arthur dies shortly after the marriage, and the novel mainly deals with Catherine's uncertainty about her future between Arthur's death and her marriage to Henry.