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With her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1479, Isabella (1451–1504) began a decades-long partnership that turned her medieval kingdom into a truly modern state by reorganizing the government, lowering crime, eliminating debt, and transforming Spain into a major world power. In this highly readable, engrossing biography, journalist Tremlett (Catherine of Aragon) champions his subject as one whose achievements are even more remarkable because of the gender norm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More