The Rival Queens, Etc
Author : Nathaniel LEE
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Page : 78 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1690
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Author : Nathaniel LEE
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Page : 78 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1690
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Author : Nathaniel LEE
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Page : 62 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 1776
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Author : Nathaniel LEE
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 1735
Category : English drama
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Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316409677
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.
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 788 pages
File Size : 14,86 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Music
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Author : Jacob ABBOTT
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Page : 234 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 1850
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Author : Dobell, P. J. & A. E., booksellers, London
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 1923
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 960 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 1881
Category : English literature
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 1972
Category : English imprints
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Author : James Main Dixon
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Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 1887
Category : English language
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