Author : SA Carney
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1783060271
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis Granada Gold by : SA Carney
Download or read book Granada Gold written by SA Carney and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armageddon falls on my twelfth birthday: I see my Christian parents conquer Moorish Granada. I am Juana Trastamara, part-English, heiress of the Alhambra, and future troubled Queen of Spain. Granada Gold is based on the true story of young Juana Trastamara. During the Granada War, she befriends Lord Edmund Sales, commander of the English longbow archers fighting for Christian Spain. In 1492, Juana’s parents – Queen Isabel and King Fernando – defeat the Moors, expel the Jews, and send Columbus sailing across the Atlantic. These events shatter her tight-knit family. Rich with Moorish gold, the Trastamaras confront their deadly rivals, the Habsburgs. Juana’s arranged marriage to the womanising Habsburg duke, ‘Phillipe the Handsome’, is a personal disaster. Trapped in an increasingly abusive marriage, Juana has only one place to turn: England. Through Lord Sales, Juana meets Tudor King Henry VII, who falls deeply in love with her. The stage is set for international royal passion, betrayal, and death. Based on real historical characters, Granada Gold takes readers inside the world of the legendary Alhambra palace. SA Carney – an investigative historian – reveals newly-discovered twists in the Trastamara-Tudor-Habsburg family saga. This book will appeal to readers captivated by the Tudor era, fans of historical fiction, and lovers of adventure stories in exotic places. SA Carney wrote Granada Gold ‘on location’, personally exploring the places where the novel is set. She is inspired by the works of Philippa Gregory, Wilbur Smith and Hilary Mantel.