The rival queens : Catherine De' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the betrayal that ignited a kingdom / Nancy Goldstone.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Little Brown & Co, 2015Copyright date: ℗♭2015Edition: First EditionDescription: xii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, genealogical table ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316409650
- 0316409650
- Catherine De' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the betrayal that ignited a kingdom
- 944 Goldstone
- DC
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Book | Library Center of the Ozarks | Non-fiction | 944 Goldstone (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T0102719 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index.
Part I. Margot's mother, Catherine de' Medici -- "The Queen, my mother" -- The King is dead, long live the King -- The Queen and the colloquy -- A short war... -- ... And a long trip -- Part II. Catherine's daughter Marguerite de Valois -- The flying squadron -- Fall from grace -- The marriage trap -- Queen Margot -- Queen of Paris -- Of mignons and mistresses -- The great escape -- A royal hostage -- Queen of spies -- Royal rivalries -- Queen of Navarre -- Part III. The rival queens -- The lovers' war -- A royal scandal -- The Queen's revolt -- Prisoner of war -- Three funerals and a mass -- The return of the Queen. -- Epilogue.
The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century.