Title:
Catherine de Medici : Renaissance queen of France / Leonie Frieda.
ISBN:
9780060744939
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Edition:
First Harper Perennial edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.
©2003
Physical Description:
xxiii, 440 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Weidenfield & Nicholson"--Title page verso.
Contents:
PROLOGUE : Death of a king, 1559 -- PART ONE -- Orphan of Florence, 1519-33 -- Greatest match in the world, 1515-34 -- Barren wife, 1533-47 -- Eclipsed consort, 1547-49 -- Catherines growing importance, 1548-59 -- PART TWO -- Uneasy partnership, 1559-60 -- Gouvernante de France, 1560-62 -- First religious war, 1562-64 -- Grand tour, 1564-66 -- Conciliator no longer, 1566-70 -- Margots marriage is arranged, 1570-72 -- Massacre, 1572 -- Last years of Charles IX, 1572-74 -- Henri III, King of France, 1574-76 -- Alencons Treachery, 1576-84 -- Hope dies, 1584-88 -- So perish the race of the Valois, 1589-1615 -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds -- from a troubled childhood in Florence to her marriage to Henry, son of King Francis I of France; from her transformation of French culture to her fight to protect her throne and her sons' birthright. Based on thousands of private letters, it is a remarkable account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown.
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OCLC Number:
ocm67728305
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