The Scroll of Seduction In this novel of romance, politics, and intrigue an aging historian persuades his young student, Lucía, to share his obsession with the life of Juana de Castilla, known as Juana the Mad, a prominent and rebellious young noblewoman of 16th-century Spain who was incarcerated as mad for her strong will. Was she driven mad by love, or the victim of betrayals and the lust for power?