Isabella I of Castile - Letter Signed 1483 recently_added Leslie Bassett (1923-2016)

Leslie Bassett (1923-2016)

28 November 1895

dated in 1917

and a long newspaper clip commenting about the Festival (not shown)

shown as Dalila in Saint-Saen's Samson et Dalila

Isabella I of Castile - Letter Signed 1483 recently_added Leslie Bassett (1923-2016)Isabella I (1451 1504), Queen of Castile for the period 1474 1504, reigned over unified Spain with her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon both are known today as the Catholic Monarchs. Among her most important achievements, they conquered back all of Spain from the Arabs, forced the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain, and financially sponsored Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage that will result in the discovery of the Americas for the old world!.