Isabella’s Daughter

The tragic dual stories of Catherine of Aragon and her sister Juana of Castile unfolds in Isabella’s Daughter, where power, madness, and betrayal shape the fate of empires. This section includes essays on Juana’s marriage to Philip the Handsome, his political games, and the manipulations of Ferdinand and Henry VII. Meet Dona Elvira (the lady-in-waiting turned traitor), beloved duena of Catherine of Aragon, and trace the shadowy downfall of Edmund de la Pole, all under the watchful eye of a crumbling Spanish-English alliance.