The last queen
By: C.W. Gortner
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780340962923; 9780340962930
Subjects: Fiction; Queens; Kings and rulers
Description: Spanish Princess Juana, 13, watches as her parents, King Fernando and Queen Isabel, unite Spain, vanquish Moors and marry their children off to foreign kingdoms for favourable alliances: Princess Catalina becomes first wife to Henry VIII; Princess Juana, who narrates, is shipped off to marry Philip of Flanders, heir to the Hapsburg Empire. Although Juana balks at leaving Spain for the north and a husband she has never met, their instant chemistry soon turns to love. Years and children later, Juana unexpectedly becomes next in line to the Spanish crown and must carefully navigate every step of the journey from Flanders to Spain, fearful of alienating husband or parents or both. Emotional and political tensions soar as Juana's loyalties are tested to their limits. Disturbing royal secrets and court manipulations wickedly twist this enthralling story, brilliantly told.
Notes: Originally published: Berkley, Calif.: Two Bridges, 2006.

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