Text excerpts from THE LAST QUEEN copyright 2008, C.W. Gortner. All rights reserved

Fernando of Aragon, Juana's father

"My mother stood. Despite her short stature, slackened skin and permanently shadowed eyes, her voice carried across the field, imbued with the authority of the ruler of Castile."

Isabel of Castile, Juana's mother

" Catalina resembled our mother: plump and short, with beautiful pale skin and fair hair, and eyes the color of the sea."

Catalina of Aragon, Juana's youngest sister

The Royal Trastamara

"I thought him the most handsome man I’d seen, nonetheless, because when he looked at me, it was as if I was all he wanted to see. "

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