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03811aam a22005298a 4500 001 38B0E70A941C11E1A03C60E96AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 120309s2012 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2012008559 020 $a 0345523989 (ebook) 020 $a 9780345523983 (ebook) 020 $a 0345523962 (hardback) 020 $a 9780345523969 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-sp--- 050 00 $a PS3607.O78 $b Q84 2012 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a FIC019000 $a FIC041000 $a FIC019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Gortner, C. W. 245 1 $a The queen's vow : $b a novel of Isabella of Castile / $c C.W. Gortner. 260 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c 2012. 263 $a 1206 300 $a p. $c cm. 520 $a "No one believed I was destined for greatness. So begins Isabella's story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history's most famous and controversial queens--the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World. Acclaimed author C. W. Gortner envisages the turbulent early years of a woman whose mythic rise to power would go on to transform a monarchy, a nation, and the world. Young Isabella is barely a teenager when she and her brother are taken from their mother's home to live under the watchful eye of their half-brother, King Enrique, and his sultry, conniving queen. There, Isabella is thrust into danger when she becomes an unwitting pawn in a plot to dethrone Enrique. Suspected of treason and held captive, she treads a perilous path, torn between loyalties, until at age seventeen she suddenly finds herself heiress of Castile, the largest kingdom in Spain. Plunged into a deadly conflict to secure her crown, she is determined to wed the one man she loves yet who is forbidden to her--Fernando, prince of Aragon. As they unite their two realms under "one crown, one country, one faith," Isabella and Fernando face an impoverished Spain beset by enemies. With the future of her throne at stake, Isabella resists the zealous demands of the inquisitor Torquemada even as she is seduced by the dreams of an enigmatic navigator named Columbus. But when the Moors of the southern domain of Granada declare war, a violent, treacherous battle against an ancient adversary erupts, one that will test all of Isabella's resolve, her courage, and her tenacious belief in her destiny. From the glorious palaces of Segovia to the battlefields of Granada and the intrigue-laden gardens of Seville, The Queen's Vow sweeps us into the tumultuous forging of a nation and the complex, fascinating heart of the woman who overcame all odds to become Isabella of Castile"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Isabella $b I, $c Queen of Spain, $d 1451-1504 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Spain $x History $y Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 15 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430015211.0 952 $l YFPC572 $d 20221022012455.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722033346.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204045112.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110031233.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717022908.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107031826.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063927.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720041021.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418090821.0 952 $l FCPB384 $d 20170324012625.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20161117011349.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216020140.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20140722012810.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20120703010623.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=38B0E70A941C11E1A03C60E96AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search