ISABEL DE NIÑA A REINA: Una novela extraordinaria que va más allá de la famosa serie de TVE Isabel (Novela Historica)

Faithfully portraying life at the time the country s political and moral corruption, the aristocracy, the Church, the horrors of the Inquisition, the discovery of America, the expulsion of Jewish citizens, and the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon this novel provides an accurate portrait of Queen Isabella I of Castile, a unique woman who was fundamental to the history of Spain. In 1464 the kingdom of Castile is in chaos: bandits terrorize travelers and merchants and the nobility and the clergy make themselves richer at the expense of the starving populace, but King Henry IV is too weak to restore order. When his enemies succeed in assassinating him, the specter of a war of succession looms over Castile until his sister Isabellaimposes herself, becoming a legend in Spain s history. Alongside her husband, and with an iron will and great intelligence, Queen Isabella transforms Spain into a power to be reckoned with.

Susan Hastings is the author of several historical novels in her native German.

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