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A Queen Besieged

A Portuguese Liaison 1658
By:Geoff Quaife
Publisher:Author Solutions
Print ISBN:9781490787169
eText ISBN:9781490787190
Edition:0
Copyright:2018
Format:Reflowable

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Queen Luisa faced trouble within her family as the young king Afonso, for whom she ruled, was both mentally and physically weak and the subject of unscrupulous politicians determined to turn him against his mother. Of immediate concern was evidence that one or more members of the queens government that sat as a council of war was a traitor. Anxious to assist the Portuguese queen against her many enemies, England and France combined to send Luke Tremayne to assess the situation.