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Isabella's Legacy

Author : Ron Ramdin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781542575287
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book Isabella's Legacy written by Ron Ramdin and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492 what had only months before seemed an unlikely event actually took place in Seville. Through the cobbled streets, Christopher Columbus on his triumphant return after his first voyage to the 'Indies', paraded seven exotic-looking Indians who were accompanied by equally strange-looking green and yellow parrots. Imagine the confusion in the minds of these Indians as they walked through the city and the curiosity this spectacle had aroused among the local population for at this time, Europeans knew little about the people of Africa and Asia about whom they were largely informed by the travel literature of the 15th century. We should remember however that these 'Indians' were not from India, the place which Columbus had set out to discover and mistakenly believed he had reached. Fast forward almost five centuries to 1991 when I (the Grandson of an indentured labourer from India who had travelled to the West Indies to work on the sugar plantations) walked the streets of Seville on my way to deliver a Lecture at the University of Seville entitled: 'Towards 1992: Discovery... and Minorities in Europe.' I was born in Trinidad which was 'discovered' by Columbus on his third voyage to the New World, but I could not speak Spanish. Why? Therein lies a tale of the connection between language and Empire. European rivalry for colonial power resulted in Spanish Trinidad giving way to British Trinidad and so my direction of migration was to the 'Mother Country,' as Britain was then known. But as I became more knowledgeable about Queen Isabella, Columbus, Las Casas, Seville and Granada, I realised I was only partially educated for both Britain and Spain were important. My first visit to Spain the year before my Lecture had set in train a growing desire to see and learn more about the country. Thereafter, the idea of writing Isabella's Legacy emerged, took hold and propelled me to travel through Andalusia and later to Catalunya. Isabella's Legacy is a unique book, a rare interweaving of travel, memoir, history, cultures and identities; a journey of surprises - stunning impressions, a meditation on world history and significantly on contemporary Europe. Above all, it is a narrative not only of my discovery of Spain which, in turn, has led to self-discovery, but also a book which will hopefully enlighten and enchant the reader.

Isabella

Author : Kirstin Downey
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307742164
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Isabella written by Kirstin Downey and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history. In 1474, when most women were almost powerless, twenty-three-year-old Isabella defied a hostile brother and a mercurial husband to seize control of Castile and León. Her subsequent feats were legendary. She ended a twenty-four-generation struggle between Muslims and Christians, forcing North African invaders back over the Mediterranean Sea. She laid the foundation for a unified Spain. She sponsored Columbus’s trip to the Indies and negotiated Spanish control over much of the New World. She also annihilated all who stood against her by establishing a bloody religious Inquisition that would darken Spain’s reputation for centuries. Whether saintly or satanic, no female leader has done more to shape our modern world. Yet history has all but forgotten Isabella’s influence. Using new scholarship, Downey’s luminous biography tells the story of this brilliant, fervent, forgotten woman, the faith that propelled her through life, and the land of ancient conflicts and intrigue she brought under her command.

Isabella of France

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445647419
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Isabella of France written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history

Isabella

Author : Rachel Bard
Publisher : Danforth Book Distribution
ISBN 13 : 9781887542562
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Isabella written by Rachel Bard and published by Danforth Book Distribution. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her day the beauteous Isabella of Angouleme was called a Jezebel, a sorceress, an adulteress. As the young bride of King John of England she was charged with seducing John into neglecting his kingly duties. Back in her native land she and her second husband were accused of trying to assassinate the King of France. Now meet the real Isabella, Relive the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries when France and England were struggling for control of western France. You'll encounter kings and queens, popes and prelates, warriors and courtiers who were the power elite of their day. You'll become intimately acquainted with this fascinating and enigmatic woman, prey to strong passions and ambitions, aware of the power of her beauty, willing to dare all in order to be and be seen as queen.

Beloved Tyranna

Author : Joseph Rezits
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Beloved Tyranna written by Joseph Rezits and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes Isabelle Vengerova, the passionate, dedicated, colorful, mercurial genius who emerged as one of the most outstanding piano teachers of the 20th century. Vengerova's superlative musicianship combined with her ability to impart this rare quality to others is a primary focus of this volume. Beyond portraying these attributes, this book reveals how we as musicians can apply her invaluable principles to our own playing and teaching.

Isabella of Castile

Author : Nancy Rubin
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595320767
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Isabella of Castile written by Nancy Rubin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1991 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Warmth of Other Suns

Author : Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679763880
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Warmth of Other Suns written by Isabel Wilkerson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career, which allowed him to purchase a grand home where he often threw exuberant parties. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is destined to become a classic.

Isabella of Castile

Author : Giles Tremlett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 163286522X
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Isabella of Castile written by Giles Tremlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major biography of the queen who transformed Spain into a principal global power, and sponsored the voyage that would open the New World. In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal), a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable challenge of being a young, female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world, but also of reforming a major European kingdom riddled with crime, debt, corruption, and religious factionism. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon united two kingdoms, a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Their pivotal reign was long and transformative, uniting Spain and setting the stage for its golden era of global dominance. Acclaimed historian Giles Tremlett chronicles the life of Isabella of Castile as she led her country out of the murky Middle Ages and harnessed the newest ideas and tools of the early Renaissance to turn her ill-disciplined, quarrelsome nation into a sharper, truly modern state with a powerful, clear-minded, and ambitious monarch at its center. With authority and insight he relates the story of this legendary, if controversial, first initiate in a small club of great European queens that includes Elizabeth I of England, Russia's Catherine the Great, and Britain's Queen Victoria.

Isabella of Spain

Author : William Thomas Walsh
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781258217303
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Isabella of Spain written by William Thomas Walsh and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Isabella Wanted

Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 082345035X
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book What Isabella Wanted written by Candace Fleming and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From multiple award-winning author Candace Fleming and Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell comes the true story of a woman who always got what she wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner. A New England Book Award Finalist For years, the indomitable Isabella Stewart Gardner searched the world for magnificent artwork and filled her home with a truly unique collection, with the aim of turning it into a museum, which she established in 1903. Isabella always did things her own way. One day she'd wear baseball gear to the symphony, the next, she'd be seen strolling down the street with zoo lions. It was no surprised that she was very particular about how she arranged her exhibits. They were not organized historically, stylistically, or by artist. Instead, they were arranged based on the connections Isabella felt toward the art, a connection she hoped to encourage in her visitors. For years, her museum delighted generations of Bostonians and visitors with the collections arranged exactly as she wanted. But in 1990, a spectacular burglary occurred when two thieves disguised as police officers stole thirteen paintings, valued at $500 million, including a Rembrandt and a Vermeer. They have yet to be recovered, though a $10 million reward is still being offered for their safe return. Author Candace Fleming perfectly captures Isabella's inimitable personality and drive, accompanied by exuberant illustrations by Matthew Cordell. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A CCBC Choice

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic

Author : William Hickling Prescott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the reigh of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic

Author : William Hickling Prescott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the reigh of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella

Author : William Hickling Prescott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

Author : William H. Prescott
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375164289
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic written by William H. Prescott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain

Author : William Hickling Prescott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legacy of Shadows

Author : Bernard Spilsbury
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481792229
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Legacy of Shadows written by Bernard Spilsbury and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When uppish airline captain Geoff Mayer fi nds his ancestors were workhouse paupers it's a terrible shock. He has always been comfortably-off - his father owned a chain of grocery stores, and his grandfather was a doctor. So he expects his earlier forebears to have been well-heeled... perhaps, even, nobility. When they turn out to be old-style working class, it's anathema to Hanna, Geoff's snobbish wife. It is the mid-80s, and both are staunch supporters of Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Hanna sees Geoff's embarrassing family tree as a threat to her status. But infuriatingly, as he traces his ancestors he even starts to sympathise with them. Worse, as Geoff works back to the 1700s, he discovers his female forebears working London's streets as prostitutes He fi nds little other information except records of births, marriages and deaths. Geoff doesn't even know the shocking truth of what happened to his own mother. But for the reader, the truth is revealed as the story goes "live" in each generation...and all have their own dramatic story. Secretly Hanna has had a string of lovers. When she walks out on their 23 year marriage and tells their son that Geoff is not his father, his cosy world is shattered. This is a story that combines life in the turbulent and divisive "Thatcher" 1980s with the realities behind England's "good old days" - highlighting some interesting parallels with modern times.

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, etc

Author : William Hickling PRESCOTT
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, etc written by William Hickling PRESCOTT and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: