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Isabella: The Warrior Queen

Kirstin Downey

Draws on new scholarship to present a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyIntellectual Biography

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor2014FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Isabella82%

  2. 02 Central places

    • Spain78%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Using new scholarship, the book argues Isabella of Castile—controversial queen of Spain—became one of the most influential female rulers by sponsoring Christopher Columbus’ New World journey.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    44 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 66%.