Catherine de Medici

ISBN-13: 9780367272371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 492 str.

Jean Heritier

Opis

Originally published in 1968 this book is an unforgettable portrait of an impoverished orphaned daughter of the Medici, pitchforked at the age of fourteen into her royal destiny who became one of the most powerful characters in the shaping of sixteenth century Europe.

Spis treści

Part 1: Youth and Humility 1. Naked as a New Born Babe (1519 – 33) 2. The Bow and the Crescent (1533-59) 3. The Florentine Shopkeeper (1559-60) Part 2: The Accession 1. Governess of France (1560) 2. Impotent Wisdom (1560-2) Part 3: The Royal Tragedy 1. Towards the matins of Paris (1562-70) 2. Machiavellism and Maternal Love (1570-7) 3. The Struggle for Unity (1577-84) Part 4: The Solitude of Evening 1. The Victory of Violence (1584-8) 2. A Dead Goat (1589)

O autorze

Jean Heritier