Linda Carlino

• Jan-2014
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Philip II of Spain was overburdened by many problems and one of the most exasperating was the lack of a healthy legitimate male heir. But healthy boys were born to his mistresses. One them was the very alluring and seductive beauty with the bewitchin...

• Dec-2013
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In 1557 a prematurely aged, ill, and very irritable Charles V (H.R.E.) retires to a small isolated monastery in western Spain. He is burdened by his failures and unresolved political, military and religious problems. His only comfort and solace are h...

• Dec-2013
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Queen Juana I of Spain was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and sister of Catherine of Aragon. She was contracted to marry Philip the Fair, a known womaniser and political schemer, and fell passionately in love with him at first sight. The marr...

• Jan-2011
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Ana, known as Ana of Austria, was the illegitimate daughter of Juan de Austria, who was himself the illegitimate son of Charles V (HRE). She was raised by the same nanny as her father until she was seven then placed in a convent in Avila. Later her c...

• Oct-2008
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At a time when men, especially kings, were expected to produce male heirs Philip embarked on several dynastic marriages but was always disappointed and frustrated. Wives & Other Women focuses on these loveless marriages -- and his compulsive pursui...

• Aug-2007
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Queen Juana of Spain was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel, and sister of Catherine of Aragón. She was instrumental in creating the powerful Hapsburg houses of Spain and Austria which would endure for centuries. Throughout her life Juana was call...