Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946, Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 84
what were in realityunimportant skirmishes. Ali Abu-1-Hasan was a sovereign of a differentcharacter from his fathers. He was a zealous Muslim,and heartily detested the unbelievers. His capacityfor war was soon illustrated by the successes heachieved over the feeble Enrique IV., and by hiscrushing a… … THE HISTORY OF THE CITY 59 with unconcern the alHance of the rival kingdoms ofSpain in the persons of Ferdinand and Isabel. Theveriest amateur at kingcraft would have realised thathe should have backed the claims of Juana laBeltraneja, and so averted the union of the twocrowns of Castile and…
