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The 1492 conquest of Granada makes for high adventure and royal intrigue in this second sparkling historical from Gortner (The Secret Lion). 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 favorable 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 Emp ...more
The 1492 conquest of Granada makes for high adventure and royal intrigue in this second sparkling historical from Gortner (The Secret Lion). 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 favorable 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 Emp ...more
THE LAST QUEEN trade paperback, with a special reader group guide and author Q&A.
Gortner wrote this book with skill. He put a character that was thought of as crazy and not fit to rule, but he wrote her character as a human being that had a purpose for how she acted. This book was very enjoyable, but it was very sad. If Heather said ending, and anyone who knows the story of Juana knows that her ending isn't happy. But throughout the whole book, she showed true grit.
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