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The Last Queen
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Have had mixed luck connecting with Gortner's historical interpretations. Liked this enough for re-read. Maybe.
Juana's mama has taken her to the remote castle where Juana's grandmother exists, imprisoned by Isabel long ago. Here be quotes:
p41 - "Only my grandmother's head and upper torso were visible ... She looked so still, so insubstantial, I thought she must be dead. I forced myself to take a step closer. Something unheard, perhaps the brush of my fingers against the tester curtain or click of heel, awoke her. Eyes the hue of a frozen sea slowly opened, riveting me with their glassy stare. Her parched mouth moved, in a barely audible whisper: 'Eres mi alma.'
"You are my soul. ...
"Never had I beheld such unspeakable anguish. In my grandmother's eyes I saw the toll of an eternal night, of a solitude that had ravaged without succor or release. Forced to suffer isolation no mortal being should endure, she now begged with her eyes for mercy, a swift end to an existence that had ceased to hold any meaning.
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"'Why, Mama?' I asked. 'Why did you do this to her?'"
Juana's mama has taken her to the remote castle where Juana's grandmother exists, imprisoned by Isabel long ago. Here be quotes:
p41 - "Only my grandmother's head and upper torso were visible ... She looked so still, so insubstantial, I thought she must be dead. I forced myself to take a step closer. Something unheard, perhaps the brush of my fingers against the tester curtain or click of heel, awoke her. Eyes the hue of a frozen sea slowly opened, riveting me with their glassy stare. Her parched mouth moved, in a barely audible whisper: 'Eres mi alma.'
"You are my soul. ...
"Never had I beheld such unspeakable anguish. In my grandmother's eyes I saw the toll of an eternal night, of a solitude that had ravaged without succor or release. Forced to suffer isolation no mortal being should endure, she now begged with her eyes for mercy, a swift end to an existence that had ceased to hold any meaning.
...
"'Why, Mama?' I asked. 'Why did you do this to her?'"
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