| Linda's recent historical novels focus on the lives | | | | in 1557. He brings memories of past loves, years |
| of the descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella: | | | | in power and military campaigns. His |
| Queen Juana I (Juana la Loca), her son Charles V, | | | | major‑domo freely speaks his mind, other |
| and her grandson Philip II of Spain. | | | | characters tell tragicomic anecdotes and an |
| That Other Juana (Juana la Loca). Juana, older | | | | all-knowing narrator makes sarcastic and funny |
| sister of Catherine of Aragon, founded the | | | | observations. It all makes for a wonderful story - |
| Hapsburg dynasties of Spain and Austria but her | | | | sometimes tearful, sometimes hilarious. |
| life was ruined by three men greedy for power: | | | | Wives & Other Women (Philip II of Spain)At |
| her husband a blatant womaniser and political | | | | a time when kings were expected to produce |
| schemer; her father who betrayed and isolated | | | | male heirs Philip embarked on several dynastic |
| her; her son who imprisoned her for a further | | | | marriages but was always disappointed and |
| thirty years. Her spirited resistance to this lifetime | | | | frustrated. The story focuses on these loveless |
| of barbaric persecution earned her, unfairly, the | | | | marriages — and his compulsive pursuit of |
| infamous nickname Juana la Loca, Joan the Mad. | | | | other women. With a background of family turmoil |
| A Matter of Pride (Charles V, HRE). The emperor, | | | | and a court plagued by intrigue and treachery, the |
| prematurely aged, ill, and very irritable Charles V | | | | result is a fascinating and very lively story. |
| retires to a secluded monastery in western Spain | | | | |