Isabella of Castile

Resumen del libro

'Packed with vivid character sketches and lyrical description, Tremlett has told a gripping story, full of beauty and darkness' The TimesIn 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. Ahead of her lay the considerable challenge not only of being a young, female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world, but also of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddled with crime, corruption, and violent political factionism. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon was crucial to her success, bringing together as it did two kingdoms, but it was a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own.

Her pivotal reign was long and transformative, uniting Spain and laying the foundations not just of modern Spain, but of the one of the world's greatest empires. With authority and flair, acclaimed historian Giles Tremlett Tremlett relates the story of this legendary, if controversial, first initiate in a small club of great European queens that includes Elizabeth I of England, Russia's Catherine the Great, and Britain's Queen Victoria.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Giles Tremlettx{0026}lt;/B es periodista e historiador. Es Visiting Fellow de la London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) y ganador del Premio Elizabeth Longford a la mejor biografía histórica. Colaborador editorial del diario x{0026}lt;I The Guardian,x{0026}lt;/I entre otros medios, ha escrito tres libros de referencia sobre la historia de España, x{0026}lt;I España ante sus fantasmasx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Catalina de Aragónx{0026}lt;/I e x{0026}lt;I Isabel la Católicax{0026}lt;/I (Debate, 2017), que han sido éxito de ventas a nivel mundial. Actualmente, vive en Madrid con su esposa y sus dos hijos. x{0026}lt;I Las brigadas internacionalesx{0026}lt;/I es su último libro.x{0026}lt;/P