The Queen's Vow by Gortner, C W

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Author: Gortner, C W Historical fictionPublished on 3 January 2013 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 400 pages199 x 131 x 24 | 280g A compe lling novel which reimagines the early years of one of history's most notorious queens in all their passion, treachery and bloodshed.'I am Isabella, Queen of Castile . . .'Isabella was the notorious warrior-queen who, along with her husband Ferdinand, transformed Spain forever. Popular belief has her as a religious fanatic persuaded into the horrific excesses of the Inquisition by her confessor, Torquemada; but C W Gortner paints a picture of her early life, showing us a headstrong, passionate girl who grew into the most powerful queen Spain ever knew and whose vision and imagination allowed Columbus to discover America. Show more