Vintage book in good to fair condition 
"Isabella of Spain: The Last Crusader" by William Thomas Walsh is a comprehensive biography of Queen Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Católica), detailing her crucial role in establishing modern Spain, completing the Reconquista by expelling the Moors, sponsoring Christopher Columbus's voyages, and creating a powerful central government. The book presents Isabella as a saintly and influential figure, whose life and actions were pivotal to Western Europe and the discovery of the New World. Described as thrilling and readable, the biography draws from original sources and portrays the human and political aspects of her story, from her youth to her decline and death.