Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
by Fox, Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0345516044
- ISBN 13
- 9780345516046
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345516044 . Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. Original black cloth publisher's spine over paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates (with the exception of a pencil note on the geanolgical chart in the front which could be erased). There are a couple of nicks to the front panel of the dust jacket at the fold-over, else the jacket is also in nice condtion. ; B&W Color & B&W Illustrations, Map; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 454 pages .
Reviews
On Dec 31 2011, Feeney said:
Isabella Queen of Castile and Leon (1451 -1504) and her husband Ferdinand King of Aragon (1452 - 1516) had five surviving children: one son and four daughters. Two other pregnancies miscarried. Of these five children of the royal house of Trastamara, author Julia Fox in SISTER QUEENS (2012) highlights Katherine (1485 - 1536) Princess of Aragon and her older sister Juana (1479 - 1555), Queen of Castile. *** The children and grandchildren of Queen Juana of Castile were plentiful, starting with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and his younger brother Ferdinand, important within the Hapsburg Dynasty, who succeeded Charles as Emperor. For over two centuries the downline of Queen Juana were important European rulers or their consorts. Queen Juana's younger sister Katherine, wife in succession of Arthur Prince of Wales and Henry VIII, King of England, produced only one living heir, Mary Tudor (1516 - 1558). Marrying at age 37 her cousin Philip, son of her nephew Emperor Charles, Mary Tudor (Queen Mary I of England 1553 - 1558) produced no living heirs. Philip became King of England, with no right of succession if his wife produced no children. Mary briefly restored England to unity with the Papacy, a unity quickly undone by her half-sister Queen Elizabeth I. *** Queen Juana of Castile was called "the Mad" during her lifetime. Her mental disorders, largely discounted by subsequent historians and author Julia Fox gave a pretext to three power-mad, ungenerous men in succession to rule her kingom in her name, her Hapsburg husband Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, then her father King Ferdinand of Aragon and finally her son Charles V. They kept her a virtual prisoner. ***Julia Fox gives perhaps three times as much space to Juana's younger sister Katherine (who like their mother Queen Isabella also had English royal blood through John of Gaunt). Although only a consort, Katherine was regent of England while Henry VIII was waging an early war in France. To her goes much credit for the decisive defeat of Henry VIII's brother in law King James IV of Scotland at the battle of Flodden Field (9/11/1513). Both Queens were cruelly misused by their male relatives and both died isolated from their people. -OOO-
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21145
- Title
- Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
- Author
- Fox, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0345516044
- ISBN 13
- 9780345516046
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 0345516044, Great Britain, Monarchy, Catherine of Aragon, Juana, Queen of Castille, Henry VIII
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