Ana: Ana of Austria (1568-1629) - Softcover

Carlino, Linda; Carlino, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955598036 ISBN 13: 9780955598036

Verlag: VeritasPublishing, 2011

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This is a story, based on fact, set in 16th century Spain and Portugal. It s about women s status, love, and international politics and the deceit and treachery that goes with it. This is a wonderful historical novel about Ana of Austria, illegitimate daughter of Don Juan of Austria and niece of Philip II of Spain In an age when royal male heirs were crucial and the birth of a girl was deemed a disaster, and often, conveniently, died at birth, it was the fate of illegitimate royal girls to be confined to a convent, for life, never to be heard from again. But Ana was an intelligent, strong-willed, passionate, and she refused to become a nun. She fell in love with Gabriel a claimant to the Portuguese throne and was drawn into the dangerous controversary concerning the legitimate heir to the Portuguese throne. Alarming consequences were inevitable. --Alain Tomas

Illegitimate Princess Ana was placed in a convent against her will when she was seven. She, however, was very intelligent and independent and she later rebelled and refused to take vows. Instead she fell in love with Gabriel, a man claiming to be the missing Sebastian I of Portugal. She became involved in controversial and dangerous international politics: France and England supporting the claimant and Spain s Philip II coveting the Portuguese crown for himself. The author writes beautifully and brings very interesting but little known historical figures wonderfully to life. A wonderful read that sheds light on some different history and shows that there is more to historical fiction than Henry and his women. --Marta Dorfines

Reseña del editor:

Ana, known as Ana of Austria, was the illegitimate daughter of Juan de Austria, who was himself the illegitimate son of Charles V (HRE). She was raised by the same nanny as her father until she was seven then placed in a convent in Avila. Later her confessor introduced her to the convent’s young, handsome pastry chef, Gabriel de Espinosa. He claimed to be King Sebastian I of Portugal, who was never convincingly accounted for after a battle in Morocco. With the complicity of her confessor they started courting. Espinosa bore a surprising resemblance to the missing king Sebastian and Ana was duped into believing his claim to the throne. And dazzled by his charm and the hope of becoming queen of Portugal, she fell in love with him and became involved in the complicated and dangerous political intrigue surrounding the Portuguese crown.

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• Verlag: VeritasPublishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0955598036
• ISBN 13: 9780955598036
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 172