by Andrew Rowen | Nov 2, 2025 | New York City
Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise closely traces Columbus’s life, objectives, and actions as governor of “Española” from September 1498 to his removal in October 1500, a period when he didn’t go to sea and which is often abbreviated or ignored in biographies of...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 23, 2025 | New York City
Biographies of Spain’s Queen Isabel generally depict her extraordinary legacies in giving birth to both modern Spain (ruling Castile and Aragón jointly with her husband, Fernando, for decades and completing the Reconquista) and Spanish America, as well as the...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 13, 2025 | New York City
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I post about Anacaona, the first Native woman chieftain known to resist the Spanish invasion and conquest of the Americas. Traditional depictions of Anacaona relate her preeminent stature as a poet; her uncommon beauty and allure; her...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 5, 2025 | New York City
Columbus and Caonabó: 1493–1498 Retold depicts the war between Columbus and Chief Caonabó in 1495 and Columbus’s subjugation of a significant portion of “Española” by the spring of 1498, largely the chiefdoms of Marien, Magua, and Maguana. But much of Española then...
by Andrew Rowen | Sep 28, 2025 | New York City
Leading book review firms and U.S. and Dominican scholars praise Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise: 1498–1502 Retold for its depiction of the beginning of Caribbean colonialism. Advance reviews include: “Deeply researched, devastating novel of the dawn of...
by Andrew Rowen | Sep 26, 2025 | New York City
At last, I announce the sequel, releasing November 10 and now available for preorder at booksellers of your choice! A historical novel, Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise: 1498–1502 Retold dramatizes from both Native and European perspectives the European...
