Screen LibraryCatherine de Medici : Renaissance queen of France /
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...
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Harper Perennial,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2006. © 2003 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st Harper Perennial ed. |
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| 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. |
| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Weidenfield & Nicholson"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 440 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-410) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0060744936 9780060744939 |
| Index Number: | DC119 |
| CLC: | K835.657 |
| Call Number: | K835.657 /M489F |
| 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 Valoi |