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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Goldstone documents the turbulent mother-daughter relationship between Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois to explore the court politics, assassinations, espionage and betrayals that shaped their time.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents how a betrayed Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I, raised her four daughters in exile during the Dutch Golden Age, tracing how their stories shaped a three-decade war and fulfilled the promises of their great-grandmother, Mary Queen of Scots.
"From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxi, 616 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
365 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The riveting history of a beautiful Queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial -- and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. Italy, 14th-century -- amid intrigue, betrayal, and conspiracy, Joanna I of Sicily became the only female monarch of her day to rule in her own name, and one of the most courageous women in history. Married for political advantage at the age of seven to her six-year-old Hungarian cousin, Joanna saw her brilliant, cultivated...
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