by Catherine Hermary-Vieille · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783404252916
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«Johanna die Wahnsinnige» is the historical novel by Catherine Hermary-Vieille, published by Bastei Lübbe in paperback (445 pages, in German).
The novel reconstructs the confinement of Juana of Castile in Tordesillas from 1509, where she remained secluded for more than 46 years. With historical clues, the author investigates the causes of her confinement: her love for Philip the Handsome, the machinations of her father Ferdinand of Aragon, and the surveillance of her son Charles V.
The work was originally published as «Un amour fou» in 1991 and received the Prix Maison de la Presse. This German edition is from 1997.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction who want to approach the enigma of Juana of Castile and the intrigues of the sixteenth-century Spanish court.
Catherine Hermary-Vieille is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina 1981, for Le Grand Vizir de la nuit.
