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Crown of Aloes
Crown of Aloes
Author: Norah Lofts
Isabella of Spain was a great woman, a great Queen. Crown Of Aloes is presented as a personal chronicle. Within the framework of known fact and detail drawn from hitherto unexploited contemporary Spanish sources, a novelist's imagination and understanding have provided motives, thoughts, and private conversations, helping to build up the fas...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385032209
ISBN-10: 038503220X
Publication Date: 12/31/1974
Pages: 310
Edition: [1st ed.]
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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emeraldfire avatar reviewed Crown of Aloes on
This is a novel of Queen Isabella of Spain. It is based on fact and detail, presented as a personal chronicle of her life. Isabella's fortunes were varied: she knew poverty and faced much anxiety and danger. I loved this story - it was very touching at the end. I give this story an A+!
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This fictional book is based so throughly on research, that you gain amazing knowledge of Spain's royalty and history. Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon come alive in these pages.

Every USA child studies about Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus, and this book shows the events in Spanish history in this time period.


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