Isabella of Spain

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A detailed and all-inclusive biography of Spain's most famous queen. Based upon original sources-including her own voluminous writings-this work provides a full background of her parents birth youth and marriage to Prince Ferdinand.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then the story moves on to the three great events which Isabella oversaw-and which shaped her destiny and that of western Europe: the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors the dramatic expulsion of the Jews and the launching of the voyages of Christopher Columbus and the opening of the New World.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finally the details of her decline and death are provided giving a very human ending to an almost unbelievable story.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This new edition has been completely reset and contains a number of new illustrations and appendices.</span></p>