Young Queens: Catherine de Medici, Elizabeth de Valois, Mary Queen of Scots (Feb)

Young Queens: Catherine de Medici, Elizabeth de Valois, Mary Queen of Scots

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Sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the Continent, and the Reformation forever changes the religious organisation of society. Amidst it all, three young women come of age and into power in an era of empires and revolutions.Catherine, Mary and Elisabeth lived at the French court together for many years before scattering to different kingdoms. These years bound them to one another through blood and marriage, alliance and friendship, love and filial piety; bonds that were tested when the women were forced to part and take on new roles. To rule, they would learn, was to wage a constant war against the deeply entrenched misogyny of their time. A crown could exalt a young woman. Equally, it could destroy her. Drawing on new archival research, Young Queens masterfully weaves the personal stories of these three queens into one.
  • Stock No
  • 11087
  • EAN/ISBN
  • 9781526613431
  • Author
  • Leah Redmond Chang
  • Format
  • PB
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