
The Queen's Cross by Lawrence Schoonover (1970) SEE PICS
Mass Market Paperback in Very Good (VG) condition. The spine has light crease marks, no other flaws. See pictures for more details. A Biographical Romance of Queen Isabella of SpainIn Queen Isabella of Spain, Lawrence Schoonover has found his perfect heroine. Known as Isabella the Catholic. she was in many ways the Spanish Joan of Arc, and was unquestionably one of the great queens in all European history. A passionate and beautiful woman - a devoted wife who forgave even when she could not forget - a loving mother - Isabella was at the same time a strong administrator and a military genius.Lawrence Schoonover brings Isabella to life in all her glory, with a host of intriguing people in her retinue including the handsome, brave, but philandering Ferdinand, whose weakness Isabella nobly tried to hide from the world by giving him credit where none was due; the scheming, unscrupulous Queen Juana, who attempted to palm off her bastard child as the Infanta, in spite of her husband's nickna