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Format: Paperback
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Author:
Jean Plaidy
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099510338
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EAN: 9780099510338
Published: 5 Jun 2008
Married to Ferdinand after continual fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphed over every dangers, convinced of her true destiny.
With the might of Portugal humbled, the Court of the Sovereigns saw the rise of Torquemada, the establishment of the dreaded Inquisition, and th ecoming of Columbus, who left the woman he loved to make a dream reality.
Ambitious and unfaithful, Ferdinand longed to lead his troops against the Moorish strongholds. Isabella knew a united Spain and a glorious future could be theirs, but they must only share it together...
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Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there
- Matt Bates, WHSmith Travel
Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.
- Julia Moffat, RNA
Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
- New York Times
Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting
- Observer
Outstanding
- Vanity Fair
Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
- Guardian
Jean Plaidy has already established herself among the foremost of current historical novelists
- Birmingham Mail
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.
