The Queen Juana of Castile is treated as though she is mentally unstable, by those who should support her role as queen. Unfortunately, the ambitions of her husband King Philippe the Handsome were far greater as his retinue and advisors asserted their will on her and kept her locked up as they tell her for her own good.

Lucia, a 17 year old orphan, who attends a convent school meets Manuel, a professor and a descendant of the Denias of whom played an intricate role in holding Queen Juana captive, together they embark on the telling of Juana's story. Not only do they reconstruct for themselves what life must have been like for Juana and what her reactions may have been like but they also find themselves on their own adventure of truth.

Quite a surprising read. Enjoyed it immensely.

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This is the second book i have read this past 2 weeks about Queens and princesses being locked up. This was a wonderful read. So well written easy to follow. Unfortunately this young woman of 17 married the king of Spain whom happened to be a very handsome man. The problem was she could not stop kissing her husband. Such a strange obsession back then. Upon further reading... it seems maybe she had some emotional problems and back then they did not know how to handle such problems so thus this beautiful young Queen was locked up. If you like reads about Royalty this was a great one. I am glad i took the time to read it just for the info i got out of it.

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Enjoyed this rich historical novel. Full of great emotional dialogue and circumstances.

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