The Heptameron
The Heptameron

Author: Marguerite, Queen of Navarre

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486149420

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DIVTen men and women engage in a storytelling battle of the sexes that abounds in murder, adultery, remorse, and revenge, all set in 16th-century France. Translation by Arthur Machen. /div

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre
Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

Author: A. Mary F. Robinson

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-06

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 9781976822018

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Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoul�me, Marguerite d'Alen�on; 11 April 1492 - 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoul�me and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alen�on and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France.Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king.As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnam called her "The First Modern Woman".

Game of Queens
Game of Queens

Author: Sarah Gristwood

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-11-29

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 0465096794

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"Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period." -- Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protées, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history.