BY
FRANCES ELLIOT
AUTHOR OF “OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
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VOLUME II.
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G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | —Fiesta of the Corpus Domini | [1] |
| [II.] | —Don Pedro.—Maria de Padilla.—Albuquerque | [9] |
| [III.] | —Blanche de Bourbon | [22] |
| [IV.] | —Don Fadique’s Declaration of Love | [31] |
| [V.] | —Marriage at Valladolid | [38] |
| [VI.] | —Cloister, Valladolid.—Castle of Talavera | [57] |
| [VII.] | —Don Pedro and Maria de Padilla | [69] |
| [VIII.] | —Don Fadique Goes to Seville | [80] |
| [IX.] | —Murder of Don Fadique | [84] |
| [X.] | —Don Pedro.—Alcazar.—The Queen-Mother.—Maria de Padilla | [95] |
| [XI.] | —A New King.—Enrique de Trastamare | [108] |
| [XII.] | —Don Enrique and Albuquerque in Council | [116] |
| [XIII.] | —Queen Blanche in Sanctuary | [126] |
| [XIV.] | —Don Enrique Welcomes Queen Blanche to Toledo | [131] |
| [XV.] | —Taking of Toledo by Don Pedro.—Death of Queen Blanche | [137] |
| [XVI.] | —Death of Maria de Padilla.—Don Juan de Mañara | [149] |
| [XVII.] | —Don Enrique again Crowned King.—Flight of Don Pedro | [168] |
| [XVIII.] | —Don Pedro Appeals to Edward the Black Prince to Replace him on the Throne | [175] |
| [XIX.] | —The Black Prince Defeats Don Enrique and Reinstates Don Pedro.—Don Enrique Murders Don Pedro.—Death of Don Enrique | [190] |
| [XX.] | —Juan I.—Enrique el Enfermo | [203] |
| [XXI.] | —Juan II. and Doña Isabel of Portugal.—Execution of the Conde de Luna | [234] |
| [XXII.] | —Enrique IV. el Impotente | [268] |
| [XXIII.] | —Ferdinand and Isabel | [288] |
| [XXIV.] | —Los Reyes Catolicos | [302] |
| [XXV.] | —The Siege of Granada | [311] |
| [XXVI.] | —The End of the Moors | [330] |
| [XXVII.] | —Death of Isabel | [339] |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE
| PAGE | |
| [The Darro and Torre de Comares] | [Frontispiece] |
| [Puerta del Vino in the Plaza de los Algibes, Alhambra] | [24] |
| [Patio de los Leones, the Court of the Lions, Alhambra] | [68] |
| [The Hall of Justice, Alhambra] | [112] |
| [Death
of “El Gran Capitan”] From a painting by M. Crespo, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Madrid, 1884 | [156] |
| [Surrender of Granada] From a modern painting by F. Pradilla, in the Palacio del Senado, Madrid | [200] |
| [Portrait of Boabdil el Chico] The Generalife, Granada | [244] |
| [View of the Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada, from the Church of San Nicholas, on the Albaicin] | [286] |