Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
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In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest...
ClareR (5874 KP) rated Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power in Books
May 31, 2023
This book is about the lives of Catherine de’ Medici (married to the French Henry II), Elisabeth of Spain and Mary, Queen of Scots and how their lives wove together.
There are some really interesting facts here (Mary was nearly 6 feet tall - now THIS is the kind of fact I live for!). But it was the personal side that really interested me. Catherine loved her children fiercely even though she had little time with them. She wanted to know every detail of their lives. Her letters to Elisabeth when she went to Spain were filled with family gossip and instructions. Just the kind of stuff that any mother would send their daughter, and Elisabeth appeared to want to always make her mother proud.
Mary and Elisabeth were like sisters, so when Mary needed Elizabeth’s and Spain’s support when the Scottish Lords turned against her, it must have hurt her greatly when they refused to help.
What I liked most was having the opportunity to dip my toes in to the history of France and Spain. It sounded as tumultuous as our own.
I do think that I’m going to have to follow up on Cathrine de’ Medici, though. Now she sounds fascinating!
I’m so glad that I read this - thanks to The Pigeonhole!
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“Sometimes, for one’s own sanity, it’s best to rip up an entire life and start again. The...
PortosDicty Diccionario Español Esloveno, Slovensko španski slovar
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The Portos Spanish Slovene and Slovene Spanish dictionaries enable a very efficient and user...
David McK (3557 KP) rated The Fields Of Death (Revolution, #4) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The novel follows Napoleon through his disastrous Russian campaign and his defeat at Leipzig, as well as Wellington through the Peninsula and eventually into France itself, and culminates in the climactic Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon is finally defeated for good.
7000 Islands: A Food Portrait of the Philippines
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Filipino food can be seen through the prism of its colourful and unique history - with influences...
Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe
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This identification guide describes many of the plants of Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy...
