Castile for Isabella

by Jean Plaidy Book 1 in the Isabella & Ferdinand Trilogy series.

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Fifteenth-century Castile is divided by court intrigue and the threat of civil war when the young Isabella becomes a political prize. Kept under close control by her mother and by the court of her half-brother Henry IV of Castile, she faces pressure from powerful nobles who hope to determine both her marriage and the future succession.

Isabella’s strongest hope is a marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon, a match that could give her a partner as well as an escape from those attempting to use her. The novel follows her emergence from vulnerable princess to a woman capable of navigating rival factions, dynastic claims and the dangerous politics that will eventually place Isabella and Ferdinand at the centre of a newly powerful Spanish monarchy.