That Other Juana: Juana la Loca: Queen Juana I of Spain (Juana La Loca) - Softcover

Carlino, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955598001 ISBN 13: 9780955598005

Verlag: VeritasPublishing, 2007

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Linda Carlino has written a brilliant debut novel that reveals the true Juana for the first time. The story gives a clear, chilling picture of Juana's character, temperament and psychology and shows her as a woman of strong views and opinions, always faithful to her ethical principles, and with deep emotions - which at times she was unable to control. --Catalina Munoz

Dear Linda, I have just finished reading your book That Other Juana and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it. I found it very refreshing to read an account of her life from Juana's point of view as I have always felt that she has been much maligned in the history books and was shut away probably because of her intellectual challenge to male authority rather than madness. Thank you very much, I shall certainly look out for any further books by you. --G. Grason

Linda, I sincerely believe this is an excellent work; a wonderful historical novel and historically accurate. Juana la Loca is a fascinating character and That Other Juana portrays her brilliantly: her life, her feelings, her people. The scene with the meeting of Juana, Charles, Leonor and Catalina is fantastic: I lived the scene as if I was there. You can be proud of your achievement. I can't wait for your next book about Juana's son, Charles V. --J. M. Sanmarti

As far as I am qualified to judge, the sad story of Juana has been impeccably researched for this novel, without that research weighing down the depiction of the characters or their reasons for behaving as they do. Juana herself comes over as a passionate, intelligent woman: headstrong and occasionally unable to foresee the consequences of her actions, but in no way the insane virago of tradition. Instead, Linda Carlino presents us with a sympathetic and plausible account of a great injustice, for Juana La Loca was betrayed in turn by her parents, her husband and her son. In this portrait of a shamefully neglected historical figure, Juana la Loca is in the mould of Anya Seton s Katherine , and from me, there can be no higher praise. Catherine Bott (Presenter, the Early Music Show, BBC Radio 3) --Catherine Bott

As far as I am qualified to judge, the sad story of Juana has been impeccably researched for this novel, without that research weighing down the depiction of the characters or their reasons for behaving as they do. Juana herself comes over as a passionate, intelligent woman: headstrong and occasionally unable to foresee the consequences of her actions, but in no way the insane virago of tradition. Instead, Linda Carlino presents us with a sympathetic and plausible account of a great injustice, for Juana La Loca was betrayed in turn by her parents, her husband and her son. In this portrait of a shamefully neglected historical figure, Juana la Loca is in the mould of Anya Seton s Katherine , and from me, there can be no higher praise. Catherine Bott (Presenter, the Early Music Show, BBC Radio 3) --Catherine Bott, BBC Radio 3, Early Music Show

Linda, I sincerely believe this is an excellent work; a wonderful historical novel and historically accurate. Juana la Loca is a fascinating character and That Other Juana portrays her brilliantly: her life, her feelings, her people. The scene with the meeting of Juana, Charles, Leonor and Catalina is fantastic: I lived the scene as if I was there. You can be proud of your achievement. I can't wait for your next book about Juana's son, Charles V. --J. M. Sanmarti

Reseña del editor:

Queen Juana of Spain was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel, and sister of Catherine of Aragón. She was instrumental in creating the powerful Hapsburg houses of Spain and Austria which would endure for centuries. Throughout her life Juana was callously denied power and status by three men: her husband Philip, her father Ferdinand, and her son Charles. She faced their relentless physical and mental cruelty with courage and determination, her spirited resistance earning her, unjustly, the nickname by which she is remembered; Juana la Loca, Joan the Mad.

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• Verlag: VeritasPublishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0955598001
• ISBN 13: 9780955598005
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328