Castile for Isabella
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- 12 hodin čítania
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.
Táto historická sága sa ponára do búrlivých začiatkov španielskej renesancie, sledujúc životné cesty dvoch najmocnejších panovníkov krajiny. Sledujeme ich dospievanie a cestu k moci, formovanú dvornými intrigami, politickými zvratmi a osobnými obetami. Séria skúma ich odhodlanie zjednotiť rozdelenú krajinu a zaviesť nový poriadok v čase plnom zmätkov a neistoty. Je to príbeh o ambíciách, láske a neochvejnej vôli, ktorý definoval priebeh dejín.



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.