by José Calvo Poyato · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483074985
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«Reinas viudas de España» is the historical essay by José Calvo Poyato, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together the biographical profiles of eight queens who were widowed, from Juana la Loca to Victoria Eugenia. The author analyzes how they faced the death of their husbands and the public role that fell to them, and in passing covers five centuries of Spanish history, from the Catholic Monarchs to Alfonso XIII.
Published in 2002, the book belongs to the Atalaya collection, number 105, and includes illustrations, bibliography and index.
For readers interested in the history of Spain and the personal dimension of its queens.
