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Book review: ‘Isabella: The Warrior Queen,’ by Kirstin Downey

Few Washingtonians may have noticed, but likenesses of Queen Isabella I of Castile, the most dynamic and arguably most controversial female ruler of late medieval Europe, are scattered throughout the District. The oldest, designed in 1857 and installed in its present location in 1961, appears on the bronze doors at the east entrance to the Capitol, where the enthroned queen converses with Columbus.

 

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