Mafalda de Saboia

By Diana de Cadaval

Subjects: marriage, novel, House of Burgundy, Afonsine Dynasty, House of Savoy, romance, royalty, war, Portugal, History, Italy, king, queen

Description: Historical novel about the life of Mafalda of Savoy, the first queen consort of Portugal, through her marriage, in 1146, to King Afonso I, the first ruler of Portugal as an independent kingdom: her difficult marriage, her hard pregnancies, her violent husband and the formation of a new country.