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Copyright © 2014 by Kirstin Downey All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies. www.nanatalese.com DOUBLEDAY is a registered trademark of Random House LLC. Nan A. Talese and the colophon are trademarks of Random House LLC. Maps by Gene Thorp Jacket design by John Fontana Jacket painting of Isabella by José da Rosa © Bridgeman Art Library / Monastery of La Rabida, Huelva, Andalus, Spain; swords © Kjolak / Shutterstock LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Downey, Kirstin. Isabella : the warrior queen / Kirstin Downey.—First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451–1504. 2. Queens—Spain—Biography. 3. Spain—History— Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479–1516. I. Title. DP163.D69 2014 946.03092—dc23 [B] 2014003895 ISBN 978-0-385-53411-6 (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-38553412-3 (eBook) v3.1 To Laura Gregg Roa, who sat on the seawall with me in Coco Solo, Panama, dreaming of sailing ships and distant lands, and the queen who sent the explorer to our shores 1957–2009 CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps PROLOGUE ONE | A Birth Without Fanfare TWO | A Childhood in the Shadows THREE | Frightening Years FOUR | Isabella Faces the Future Alone FIVE | Marriage SIX | Ferdinand and His Family SEVEN | The Newlyweds EIGHT | The Borgia Connection NINE | Preparing to Rule TEN | Isabella Takes the Throne ELEVEN | The Tribe of Isabel TWELVE | The Whole World Trembled THIRTEEN | The Queen’s War FOURTEEN | Architects of the Inquisition FIFTEEN | Landing in Paradise SIXTEEN | Borgia Gives Her the World SEVENTEEN | Lands of Vanity and Illusion EIGHTEEN | Faith and Family NINETEEN | Turks at the Door TWENTY | Israel in Exile TWENTY-ONE | Three Daughters TWENTY-TWO | A Church Without a Shepherd TWENTY-THREE | The Death of Queen Isabella TWENTY-FOUR | The World After Isabella AFTERWORD Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index A Note About the Author Illustrations Other Books by This Author

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Copyright © 2014 by Kirstin Downey All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies. www.nanatalese.com DOUBLEDAY is a registered trademark of Random House LLC. Nan A. Talese and the colophon are trademarks of Random House LLC. Maps by Gene Thorp Jacket design by John Fontana Jacket painting of Isabella by José da Rosa © Bridgeman Art Library / Monastery of La Rabida, Huelva, Andalus, Spain; swords © Kjolak / Shutterstock LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Downey, Kirstin. Isabella : the warrior queen / Kirstin Downey.—First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451–1504. 2. Queens—Spain—Biography. 3. Spain—History— Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479–1516. I. Title. DP163.D69 2014 946.03092—dc23 [B] 2014003895 ISBN 978-0-385-53411-6 (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-38553412-3 (eBook) v3.1 To Laura Gregg Roa, who sat on the seawall with me in Coco Solo, Panama, dreaming of sailing ships and distant lands, and the queen who sent the explorer to our shores 1957–2009 CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Maps PROLOGUE ONE | A Birth Without Fanfare TWO | A Childhood in the Shadows THREE | Frightening Years FOUR | Isabella Faces the Future Alone FIVE | Marriage SIX | Ferdinand and His Family SEVEN | The Newlyweds EIGHT | The Borgia Connection NINE | Preparing to Rule TEN | Isabella Takes the Throne ELEVEN | The Tribe of Isabel TWELVE | The Whole World Trembled THIRTEEN | The Queen’s War FOURTEEN | Architects of the Inquisition FIFTEEN | Landing in Paradise SIXTEEN | Borgia Gives Her the World SEVENTEEN | Lands of Vanity and Illusion EIGHTEEN | Faith and Family NINETEEN | Turks at the Door TWENTY | Israel in Exile TWENTY-ONE | Three Daughters TWENTY-TWO | A Church Without a Shepherd TWENTY-THREE | The Death of Queen Isabella TWENTY-FOUR | The World After Isabella AFTERWORD Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index A Note About the Author Illustrations Other Books by This Author

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