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Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on new scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Woman Behind the New Deal presents a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.
8) The last Jew
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
After his father and brother die during the terrible days of the Spanish Inquisition, fifteen-year-old Yonah Toledano sets out across Spain, "determined to honor the memory of his family by remaining a Jew."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Islam quintet volume 1
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a family in Moorish Spain and their attempts to survive after the fall of Granada.
10) Mad love
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Español
Description
Historical drama about the life of Juana, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the politics, passion, and power struggle that enveloped her life.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at what life might have been like for royal teens of the past, mixing storytelling with historical facts. Includes Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile; Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain; and Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England. Adapted from the Scholastic Book series, Dear America: the royal diaries.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.
In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between...
In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between...
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply evocative portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an inimitable legacy in American art and transformed the city of Boston itself. By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d'art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston's polite society. But when Isabella first arrives in Boston in 1861,...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Examines the intelligence war behind the sea battles of 1588 to reveal lesser-known factors that led to England's dramatic victory, challenging popular theories to argue that the Spanish Armada was defeated by inclement weather and bad luck.
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