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IsabellaIsabella

Isabella

Kirstin Downey

4.2on Hardcover

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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.

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OL Work ID
OL19664233W

Subjects

QueensBiographyHistorySpain, biographySpain, historyNew York Times reviewedKings, queens, rulers

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