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Isabella of Castile - Europe's First Great Queen (Paperback)
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Isabella of Castile - Europe's First Great Queen (Paperback)
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'Packed with vivid character sketches and lyrical description,
Tremlett has told a gripping story, full of beauty and darkness'
The Times In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the
throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain.
Ahead of her lay the considerable challenge not only of being a
young, female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world, but
also of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddled with
crime, corruption, and violent political factionism. Her marriage
to Ferdinand of Aragon was crucial to her success, bringing
together as it did two kingdoms, but it was a royal partnership in
which Isabella more than held her own. Her pivotal reign was long
and transformative, uniting Spain and laying the foundations not
just of modern Spain, but of the one of the world's greatest
empires. With authority and flair, acclaimed historian Giles
Tremlett Tremlett relates the story of this legendary, if
controversial, first initiate in a small club of great European
queens that includes Elizabeth I of England, Russia's Catherine the
Great, and Britain's Queen Victoria.
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