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The rival queens : Catherine de' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the betrayal that ignited a kingdom / Nancy Goldstone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0316409650
  • 9780316409650
Other title:
  • Catherine de' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the betrayal that ignited a kingdom
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Contents:
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 -- 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 -- 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.
Summary: Goldstone documents the turbulent mother-daughter relationship between Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois to explore the court politics, assassinations, espionage and betrayals that shaped their time.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

"June 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-420) and index.

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 -- 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 -- 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.

Goldstone documents the turbulent mother-daughter relationship between Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois to explore the court politics, assassinations, espionage and betrayals that shaped their time.

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