Isabella : the warrior queen /

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Author / Creator:Downey, Kirstin.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]
Description:x, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10093235
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Varying Form of Title:Warrior queen
ISBN:9780385534116
0385534116 (hbk.)
9780385534123 (ebk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-495) and index.
Summary:Drawing on new scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Woman Behind the New Deal presents a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.