Ebook {Epub PDF} The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
· The Last Queen. C W Gortner. Hodder Stoughton, - Fiction - pages. 40 Reviews. Married at sixteen. A queen at twenty-five. Declared insane and locked up by the men she adored. Juana 'la Loca' - the last true queen of Spain. Juana - daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and sister to Catherine of Aragon - is a woman ruled by her 4/5(40). The Last Queen: A Novel - Kindle edition by Gortner, C. W.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Last Queen: A Novel/5(). · "The Last Queen" by C.W. Gortner is a historical novel which gives a fresh perspective on the life of the enigmatic Queen Juana of Castile. Gortner skillfully weaves together the loose threads of fact and fiction into a rare and subtle tragedy. The story of the daughter of Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, known to history Juana la /5(7).
Christopher C.W. Gortner 's novels are themed on women of power and famous queens and the life and times of a spy that lived in Tudor England. Her queen based novels are for the most part historical narratives that adhere to facts and timelines that are true in history even if they incorporate some story lines that are not necessarily in history. In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne. Along the way, Gortner takes the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the gli. Chapter One. I was thirteen years old when my parents conquered Granada. It was , the year of miracles, when three hundred years of Moorish supremacy fell to the might of our armies, and the fractured kingdoms of Spain were united at last.
C W Gortner. Hodder Stoughton, - Fiction - pages. 40 Reviews. Married at sixteen. A queen at twenty-five. Declared insane and locked up by the men she adored. Juana 'la Loca' -. In his stunning new novel, C. W. Gortner challenges the myths about Queen Juana, unraveling the my. Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for centuries an enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time?. In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last.
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