{"product_id":"9780345507419","title":"The Last Queen: A Novel","description":"BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from C. W. Gortner's \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Vow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country’s throne,  has been for centuries an enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft  widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman  who was ahead of her time? In his stunning new novel, C. W. Gortner challenges the  myths about Queen Juana, unraveling the mystery surrounding her to reveal a brave,  determined woman we can only now begin to fully understand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The third child of  Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, Juana is born amid her parents’ ruthless  struggle to unify their kingdom, bearing witness to the fall of Granada and Columbus’ s discoveries. At the age of sixteen, she is sent to wed Philip, the archduke of  Flanders, as part of her parents’ strategy to strengthen Spain, just as her youngest  sister, Catherine of Aragon, is sent to England to become the first wife of Henry  VIII. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Juana finds unexpected love and passion with her handsome young husband,  the sole heir to the Habsburg Empire. At first she is content with her children and  her life in Flanders. But when tragedy strikes and she inherits the Spanish throne,  Juana finds herself plunged into a battle for power against her husband that grows  to involve the major monarchs of Europe. Besieged by foes on all sides, her intelligence  and pride used as weapons against her, Juana vows to secure her crown and save Spain  from ruin, even if it could cost her everything.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With brilliant, lyrical prose,  novelist and historian C. W. Gortner conjures Juana through her own words, taking  the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the glittering and lethal courts of  Flanders, France, and Tudor England. The Last Queen brings to life all the grandeur  and drama of an incomparable era, and the singular humanity of this courageous, passionate  princess whose fight to claim her birthright captivated the world.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121168236784,"sku":"9780345507419","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345507419_p0.jpg?v=1763687928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345507419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}