Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Marguerite de Valois, an Historical Romance
Author: Alexandre DumasMarguerite de Valois
Author: Alexandre DumasMarguerite de Valois
Author: Alexandre DumasMédicis Daughter
Author: Sophie PerinotPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466883480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
It's the winter of 1564 and the beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to her mother's household, where her true education begins in earnest. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Queen Catherine is an intimidating and unmoving presence in France, even as her country recovers from the first of many devastating religious wars. Among the crafty nobility of Queen Catherine's royal court, Margot learns the intriguing and unspoken rules she must live by to please her manipulative family. Eager to be an obedient daughter, Margot embraces her role as a pawn to be married off to the most convenient bidder. Despite her loyalty, Margot finds herself charmed by the powerful and charismatic Duc de Guise and falls for him even as she is promised to another. Finally setting aside her happiness for duty, Margot leaves the man she loves for Henri of Navarre, a Huguenot leader and a notorious heretic. Yet Queen Catherine's schemes are endless, and Margot's brother plots vengeance in the streets of Paris. Forced to choose between her family and what's right, Margot at last finds the strength within herself to forge her own destiny. Médicis Daughter is historical fiction at its finest, weaving a unique coming-of-age story and a forbidden love with one of the most dramatic and violent events in French history.
Marguerite de Valois
Author: Alexandre Dumas (Schriftsteller, Frankreich)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Marguerite de Valois, an Historical Romance
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Marguerite de Valois
Author: Alexandre DumasMarguerite de Valois: an historical romance. [With a portrait from an original drawing by M. Sentier.]
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Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Marguerite De Valois
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020324499
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of the French Wars of Religion, this historical novel tells the story of Marguerite de Valois, a princess caught between political factions and family loyalty. A tale of love, betrayal, and intrigue, Marguerite de Valois is a classic of French historical fiction. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Rival Queens
Author: Nancy GoldstonePublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316409677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
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. Set in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story of two remarkable women, a mother and daughter driven into opposition by a terrible betrayal that threatened to destroy the realm. Catherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter Marguerite, the glamorous "Queen Margot," was a passionate free spirit, the only adversary whom her mother could neither intimidate nor control. When Catherine forces the Catholic Marguerite to marry her Protestant cousin Henry of Navarre against her will, and then uses her opulent Parisian wedding as a means of luring his followers to their deaths, she creates not only savage conflict within France but also a potent rival within her own family. Rich in detail and vivid prose, Goldstone's narrative unfolds as a thrilling historical epic. Treacherous court politics, poisonings, international espionage, and adultery form the background to a story that includes such celebrated figures as Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Nostradamus. The Rival Queens is a dangerous tale of love, betrayal, ambition, and the true nature of courage, the echoes of which still resonate.