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Berkley
May 2012
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Featuring: Juana of Castille
464 pages
ISBN: 0425247317
EAN: 9780425247310
Kindle: B004RKXNH6
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Historical
From the author of The Creation of Eve comes a tale
of love and madness, royal intrigue and marital betrayal,
set during the Golden Age of Spain. Juana of Castile, third child of the Spanish monarchs Isabel
and Fernando, grows up with no hope of inheriting her
parents' crowns, but as a princess knows her duty: to
further her family's ambitions through marriage. Yet stories
of courtly love, and of her parents' own legendary romance,
surround her. When she weds the Duke of Burgundy, a young
man so beautiful that he is known as Philippe the Handsome,
she dares to hope that she might have both love and crowns.
He is caring, charming, and attracted to her-seemingly a
perfect husband. >But what begins like a fairy tale ends quite differently. When Queen Isabel dies, the crowns of Spain unexpectedly
pass down to Juana, leaving her husband and her father
hungering for the throne. Rumors fly that the young Queen
has gone mad, driven insane by possessiveness. Who is to be
believed? The King, beloved by his subjects? Or the Queen,
unseen and unknown by her people? One of the greatest cautionary tales in Spanish history
comes to life as Lynn Cullen explores the controversial
reign of Juana of Castile-also known as Juana the Mad.
Sweeping, page-turning, and wholly entertaining, Reign of
Madness is historical fiction at its richly satisfying best.
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