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" Philip’s advisers controlled him by feeding his vices, as Álvaro de Luna had done with King Juan II of Castile, Isabella’s father. Juana was as little able to handle the situation as her grandmother Isabel had been when she found herself in a similiar predicament, caught between, caught between her husband the king and his favourite. "

Kirstin Downey , Isabella: The Warrior Queen


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Kirstin Downey quote : Philip’s advisers controlled him by feeding his vices, as Álvaro de Luna had done with King Juan II of Castile, Isabella’s father. Juana was as little able to handle the situation as her grandmother Isabel had been when she found herself in a similiar predicament, caught between, caught between her husband the king and his favourite.