This is where I talk, yes?

[reina_de_espana]

Yes, I am Queen Isabella of Spain. I somehow found my way onto this glowing place you call livejournal. Odd. There's nothing to conquer here is there? Oh well

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[rose_of_america]

Hello, Isabella! How nice to meet you. Without you, Columbus might not have discovered America and quite of a lot of Native Americans would be much happier, so I admire you quite a lot. Except for that whole inquisition thing...that wasn't nice at all.

[reina_de_espana]

Nice to meet you too. Why should I know you? Thank you. Him finding it was very unexpected.

[secretjewess]

Welcome, daughter of Spain. It is to speak to you that I have returned. As a mother, I feel profoundly sorry for the marital tragedy of your daughter Catherine. However, it is you I wish to take to task, Senora, for your policies concerning the Jewish population of Spain. While I was not personally driven from that lovely country, my parents had to flee to Portugal, where I was born. I spent my life one step ahead of your Inquisition. What kind of sound policy was that? Do not tell me Torquemada made you do it. He was your Confessor, was he not?

Do not take my small rebuke for reticence at your acquaintance. I feel we must bind up the wounds of the past, or at least discuss them in a fun and scintillating manner.

Dona Gracia Mendes, the Secret Jewess