![]() ![]() At the age of sixteen, she is sent to wed Philip, the archduke of Flanders, as part of her parents€„¢ strategy to strengthen Spain, just as her youngest sister, Catherine of Aragon, is sent to England to become the first wife of Henry VIII. The third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, Juana is born amid her parents€„¢ ruthless struggle to unify their kingdom, bearing witness to the fall of Granada and Columbus€„¢s discoveries. ![]() ![]() Gortner challenges the myths about Queen Juana, unraveling the mystery surrounding her to reveal a brave, determined woman we can only now begin to fully understand. 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 his stunning new novel, C. 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. ![]()
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