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Isabella and Ferdinand rule over a newly united Spain, steadfast in their determination to build the powerful state they have always dreamed of. During the final years of Isabellas reign, Ferdinand looks to his daughters to further his ambitions, but his wife finds herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. As events unfold, the sovereigns begin to feel that there must be a curse on the royal house misfortune strikes at the heart of their family and tragedy after tragedy befalls the Daughter of Spain. The infanta Isabella is left a broken-hearted widow; Juana is driven to devastating madness by her husbands philandering; and Catalina leaves her devoted family, destined to become Katharine of Aragon, wife to Henry VIII and Queen of England...
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"Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive." (Julia Moffat, RNA)
"Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting" (Observer)
"Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity" (Guardian)
"Outstanding" (Vanity Fair)
The final volume in Jean Plaidy's well-loved Spanish Trilogy
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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0753183498
- ISBN 13 9780753183496
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages360
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