Author:
Downey, Kirstin.
Edition Statement:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014.
Descriptionx, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Note:A birth without fanfare -- A childhood in the shadows -- Frightening years -- Isabella faces the future alone -- Marriage -- Ferdinand and his family -- The newlyweds -- The Borgia connection -- Preparing to rule -- Isabella takes the throne -- The tribe of Isabel -- The whole world trembled -- The queen's war -- Architects of the Inquisition -- Landing in paradise -- Borgia gives her the world -- Lands of vanity and illusion -- Faith and family -- Turks at the door -- Israel in exile -- Three daughters -- A church without a shepherd -- The death of Queen Isabella -- The world after Isabel.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index.
