The Conquest of Liberty

Liberty is and has been a global struggle almost since man came to earth. Power and control over others seem to be the foundation upon which civilizations rise and fall. In the rare cases where a people come

The Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella were reluctant to sponsor Christopher Columbus on his first expedition. I guess I didn’t find it surprising when that reluctance vanished immediately once they

One of the first challenges I faced when casting “The Conquest of Liberty” was finding a worthy conquistador to rescue an Inca princess from the sacrificial alter. This valiant conquistador and the beautiful

Al-Sayyida Al-Hurra is one of my favorite historical characters in The Conquest of Liberty. Somehow the story required that our principal antagonist escape from Granada, out of Spain and across the Mediterranean

Isabella I is an important historical figure in the Conquest of Liberty. Though she died roughly six years before the story in The Conquest of Liberty begins, she, along with Ferdinand II drastically influenced

Though I’ve not studied many popes to whom I can compare Pope Julius II, I hesitate to offer anything but what various historians say. He was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States for ten years.

One of the worst of the worst was a governor appointed by Ferdinand to come settle problems that didn’t exist in Santa Maria la Antigua del Darién. Darién was the first successful settlement on the mainland. If you

To me, the story of Ferdinand II of Aragon is a story of royal succession as much as anything. His historian fans may argue, but most of the cool stuff in his life was when Isabella I was his queen. You must

I start the epic journey of liberty with Hernando de Talavera. When the story begins, Hernando is the Archbishop of Granada, Spain, appointed to that position by the monarch Isabella II of “Fernando and Isabella”