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The Rival Queens: Catherine de´ Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
Nancy Goldstone
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Description for The Rival Queens: Catherine de´ Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
Paperback. The extraordinary lives of two formidable 16th-century queens: Marguerite de Valois and her mother Catherine de' Medici. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; BGR; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
'A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms' - AMANDA FOREMAN Paris, 1572. Catherine de' Medici, the infamous queen mother of France, is a consummate pragmatist and powerbroker who has dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter, Marguerite, the glamorous 'Queen Margot', is a passionate free spirit, the only adversary whom her mother can neither intimidate nor fully control. When Catherine forces the Catholic Marguerite to marry the Protestant Henry of Navarre, she creates not only savage conflict within France but also a potent rival within her own family. Treacherous ... Read more
'A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms' - AMANDA FOREMAN Paris, 1572. Catherine de' Medici, the infamous queen mother of France, is a consummate pragmatist and powerbroker who has dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter, Marguerite, the glamorous 'Queen Margot', is a passionate free spirit, the only adversary whom her mother can neither intimidate nor fully control. When Catherine forces the Catholic Marguerite to marry the Protestant Henry of Navarre, she creates not only savage conflict within France but also a potent rival within her own family. Treacherous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
343g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780224770
SKU
V9781780224770
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About Nancy Goldstone
Nancy Goldstone is the author of Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe; Joanna: The Notorious Queen of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily; The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon, The Rival Queens and Daughters of the Winter Queen. She lives in New York. Visit her website for ... Read more
Reviews for The Rival Queens: Catherine de´ Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
One of the challenges facing any historian of this period is the sheer profusion of themes that need to be handled ... What makes Goldstone's biography so enjoyable is that she manages, thanks to the clarity of her presentation, to lead readers through this labyrinth with a sure and steady hand ... She is a popular historian whose writing is ... Read more