Part one. An embattled princess, 1451-1468. Doña Isabel, Queen Proprietress of Castile -- Isabella's Castile, a kingdom divided -- Isabella, Infanta of Castile -- Enrique El Generoso -- Enrique El Impotente -- A Castilian chess game -- The Infantes imperiled -- Infanta no longer -- Part two. Heiress apparent, 1468-1474. Toros de Guisando -- Rapprochements and regrets -- Flores de Aragón -- Flight fro Ocaña -- Surprise visits -- A wedding in Valladolid -- I must take counsel with my advisors -- Val de Lozoya -- Bad blood -- An anguished princess -- Rodrigo Borgia -- Concessions -- A visit to Segovia -- Ninguna Cosa Respondio -- Part three. Queen of Castile and León, 1474-1482. Tanto Monta, Monta Tanto -- I am like an anvil -- Not a single tower -- A battle at Toro -- Scales of justice -- Certainly no good monarch would do less -- Triumphs at Sevilla -- Surrender -- The great Cortes of 1480 -- Edicts of faith and grace.
Part four. A holy war, 1482-1492. Ay de mi, Alhama! -- Indulgences -- Boabdil El Chico -- Reconciliations -- Granada's right eye -- A new road through the mountains -- Buscar El Levante por El Poniente -- The work of a month -- The siege of Málaga -- St. Augustine doubts -- International alliances -- Brokered jewels of Baeza -- A bittersweet year -- El Niño de la Guardia -- The last sigh of the moor -- Part five. Dynastic dreams, 1492-1504. 1492: Columbus -- 1492: the expulsion -- A new order, a new world -- Descubrimiento -- Crosswinds -- Los Reyes Católicos -- Ambivalent alliances -- The first knife of sorrow -- Mortifications -- Doubtful dynasties -- Lands of vanity and deceit -- An English wedding -- Primogenita sucesora -- Juana La Loca -- Las Sombras.
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