On an outing from her boarding school, young Lucia meets
Manuel--art historian and exquisite storyteller--who shares with
her the tale of one of history's most tumultuous loves: Queen Juana
of Castile's legendary devotion to her husband, Prince Philippe the
Handsome. Embracing a union thrust upon her by political necessity,
Juana responds with all the passionate abandon inherent in her
fiery nature--and is forced to pay a high price for her honest
sensuality. For there are those at the Renaissance court who will
not allow such unabashed independence in the heir to one of the
world's most powerful empires--and they declare Juana mad, denying
her ascension to the throne. But is she truly insane, or is she
merely a victim of her own impetuosity and unbridled desire? Or is
Juana a pawn in a fierce power struggle for control of the
throne?
Lucia attends raptly to the tale Manuel relates--and their own
story begins to miraculously, dangerously mirror that of Juana the
Mad and her beloved prince.
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