Excerpt from A Queen of Queens, and the Making of Spain The very name is an Open Sesame to the world of romance, of legend and of story and as we gaze upon it, our minds are ooded with dim enthralling memories Of a long-vanished past. The magic spell is upon us. Once more we are in the unforgotten land of Spanish chivalry and Moorish enchantment, where every tale of prince and paladin, of feast and foray; every vision of stately rock-girt castle, Of fairy palace, Of dome and minaret - set in a fair garden land of exquisite beauty passing a poet's dream - all combine to form the emblazoned tapestry on which stands forth the gracious figure Of our peer less lady Isabel the Queen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."