Is Isabella The Warrior Queen a Good Book? My thoughts on Chapter 1 | Book by Kirstin Downey

So far I find that this book is very entertaining. It is very well researched which is clearly visible in the amount of notes provided by Kirstin Downey in every chapter. However I do have a few quarrels with the beginning portion of the book, which seems to go off topic and into a complete Mediterranean history lesson, where she describes the relationship between the Roman empire, the later Muslim invasions and Visigoth problems for over 15 pages.

My Notes & Thoughts for Chapter 1:

In chapter 1, Alvaro de Luna is portrayed like the Spanish Thomas Wolsey; the richest man in the realm with vast sums of properties and titles transferred to him by King Juan II.