Castile for Isabella
- 336 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchsIn the 15th Century, Spain is full of intrigue and threatened by civil war.
Tato historická sága se noří do bouřlivých počátků španělské renesance, sledující životopisné cesty dvou nejmocnějších panovníků země. Sledujeme jejich dospívání a cestu k moci, formovanou intrikami dvora, politickými zvraty a osobními oběťmi. Série zkoumá jejich odhodlání sjednotit rozdělenou zemi a zavést nový řád v době plné zmatků a nejistoty. Je to příběh o ambicích, lásce a neochvějné vůli, který definoval běh dějin.
The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchsIn the 15th Century, Spain is full of intrigue and threatened by civil war.
Isabella 23, Queen of Castile and jealous greedy Consort Ferdinand 22, Prince of Aragon, dream of a united Christian Spain. She brings law, order, peace, the Catholic Inquisition that tortures and banishes Jews. He conquers Moorish strongholds, in Grenada helped by a Castilian harem slave ambitious for her son Boabdil. Columbus finally sails to the New World.
All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal house which struck at the children of the sovereigns.