| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
| Note |
Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-414) and index. |
| Summary |
Historian Fox offers this first dual biography of the daughters of Spain's Ferdinand and Isabella whose entwined royal relationships helped define the 15th- and 16th-century European political landscape. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Isabella's daughters. A triumph of faith ; Royal sibling ; Of weddings and funerals ; "Our illustrious children" ; Face to face -- Wives. Wedding pageantry ; The estate of matrimony ; Marital harmony ; Death of a prince ; To be a wife ; "The greatest affliction" ; "A happiness rare" -- Widows. A sea of troubles ; The art of politics ; A knife's edge ; The triumph of hope -- Sister queens. To be a queen ; Motherhood ; A taste of power ; Happy families ; The twisting path -- The sky darkens. The man of the moment ; Fool's gold ; Family first and last ; The landscape changes -- Adversity. "A blind, detestable and wretched passion" ; Crusader queen ; Taking a stand ; Dangerous times ; "Mine eyes desire you" ; The final release ; The sisters' legacy. |
| Subject |
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536.
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Juana, la Loca, Queen of Castile, 1479-1555.
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Queens -- England -- Biography.
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Queens -- Spain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
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Spain -- History -- House of Austria, 1516-1700.
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Historical.
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Europe.
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Renaissance.
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Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 (OCoLC)fst00012168
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Juana, la Loca, Queen of Castile, 1479-1555. (OCoLC)fst00172880
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Queens. (OCoLC)fst01085637
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
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| Chronological Term |
1509-1700
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fox, Julia. Sister queens. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, ©2011 9780345516046 (DLC) 2011042757 (OCoLC)724650247 |
| ISBN |
9780345532312 (electronic bk.) |
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0345532317 (electronic bk.) |
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