Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen

by Giles Tremlett

Book Overview

A major biography of the queen who transformed Spain into a principal global power, and sponsored the voyage that would open the New World.

In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal), a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632865203
• ISBN13: 9781632865205
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.6" x 9.3"