The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 74
ather. Thus theMoorish house was divided against itself at the very time whenCastile and Aragon became united by the marriage of Ferdinandand Isabella. On Boabdils defeat and capture at Lucena in1483, the old king returned to Granada and was enthroned, butquickly abdicated in favour of his brother,… … The AI ha mbra. 13 For the true character of Ferdinand consult Shakespeare,who understood all things— who didst the stars and sunbeamsknow. He describes Ferdinand, by the mouth of our eighthHenrys ill-fated queen, Katharine of Aragon, daughter ofFerdinand and Isabella: Ferdinand, My father, King of…
