Isabella: The Warrior Queen

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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus’s journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and was probably the most influential female rulers in history.

In 1474, when most women were almost powerless, twenty-three-year-old Isabella defied a hostile brother and a mercurial husband to clutch regulate of Castile and León. Her subsequent feats were legendary. She ended a twenty-four-generation struggle between Muslims and Christians, forcing North African invaders back over the Mediterranean Sea. She laid the basis for a unified Spain. She sponsored Columbus’s shuttle to the Indies and negotiated Spanish regulate over much of the New World. She also annihilated all who stood against her by setting up a bloody religious Inquisition that would darken Spain’s reputation for centuries.

Whether saintly or satanic, no female leader has done more to shape our up to date world. Yet history has all but forgotten Isabella’s influence. The usage of new scholarship, Downey’s luminous biography tells the tale of this brilliant, fervent, forgotten woman, the faith that propelled her through life, and the land of ancient conflicts and intrigue she brought under her command.

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