I THE KING Author:FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES HAS DONE IT AGAIN IN THIS BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED NOVEL THAT CAPTURES THE SOMBER BEAUTY AND DAZZLING SPLENDOR OF SPAIN'S GOLDEN 17TH CENTURY. — AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THOSE SPLENDID AND TURBULENT YEARS, MRS. KEYES SPINS OUT THE DRAMATIC STORY OF PHILIP IV, A TROUBLED, MISGUIDED, BUT DEVOUT RULER. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF TH... more »E WOMEN IN HIS LIFE - ESPECIALLY THE CHILD BRIDE WHO BECAME HIS QUEEN, AND THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE NUN, SOR MARIA, WHO HELPED TURN THE PROFLIGATE INTO A TRUE MONARCH.« less