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Isabella And Ferdinand - Volumes 1 - 3: Jean Plaidy
Isabella And Ferdinand - Volumes 1 - 3: Jean Plaidy
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Castile For Isabella: The early life of Isabella of Castile. Isabella is seen as a young girl, within a few steps of the throne; first in the care of an ambitious but unbalanced mother and later, in the licentious court of her half-brother Henry IV. Weak and influenced by his favourites, Henry married a frivolous and immoral Princess, whose illicit affair brought scandal and confusion to Castile with the birth of a child whose legitimacy was in doubt. Spain was in the grip of anarchy, with a royal house divided against itself. But Isabella, firm, serene and courageous, was dedicated to an idea: to bring law and order to an all-Christian Castile and to marry Ferdinand of Aragon. Spain For The Sovereigns: The war of the Spanish succession has been fought and won; and the sovereigns are surrounded by many who became notorious in history: Torquemada, scheming to establish the Inquisition and set the instruments of torture in motion; the weak Boabdil, the last Sultan of Granada, a victim of an ambitious mother; Christopher Columbus, dreaming of a new world. Ferdinand proves to be avaricious, ambitious and unfaithful - and Isabella emerges as the strong ruler - the Queen under whom the Moors were driven from Spain and America was discovered. Daughters Of Spain: The Reconquest was complete; the Inquisition was firmly established; and the children if Isabella and Ferdinand are reaching marriageable ages. Yet it seemed there was a curse on the royal house which struck at the children of the sovereigns. Tragedy followed tragedy - the Infanta Isabella, a broken-hearted widow; Juana, driven to madness by her husband's philandering; and the sorrow of parting with young Catalina, destined to become Katharine of Aragon, wife to Henry VIII and Queen of England ...
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Hardback; Book Club edition; dust jacket has very faint shelfwear; pages have faint age toning to page edges otherwise a very good copy; tightly bound and clean within, Modern LiteratureShare
