Format:
Book
Title:
Isabella : the warrior queen / Kirstin Downey.
Author:
Downey, Kirstin.
Call Number:
946.03092 ISABELLA
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014.
Description:
pages cm
Subjects:
Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504.
Queens -- Spain -- Biography.
Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
Contents:
A birth without fanfare -- A childhood in the shadows -- Frightening years -- Isabella faces the future alone -- Marriage -- Ferdinand and his family -- The newlyweds -- The Borgia connection -- Preparing to rule -- Isabella takes the throne -- The tribe of Isabel -- The whole world trembled -- The queen's war -- Architects of the Inquisition -- Landing in paradise -- Borgia gives her the world -- Lands of vanity and illusion -- Faith and family -- Turks at the door -- Israel in exile -- Three daughters -- A church without a shepherd -- The death of Queen Isabella -- The world after Isabel.
ISBN:
9780385534116 (alk. paper)
0385534116 (alk. paper)