Young Queens
Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: xx, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
"The boldly original, dramatic, intertwined story of three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The orphan : Italy, 1519-1533 -- The second son : France, 1533-1536 -- Barren : France, 1536-1542 -- Motherhood : France, 1543-1553 -- The price : Scotland and France, 1537-1548 -- Empires : France, 1547-1553 -- Brides : France, 1558-1559 -- Accidents : France, 1559 -- Mary's book : France, 1548-1554 -- Journeys : France and Spain, 1559 -- Letters : France and Spain, 1559-1560 -- King's heart, Queen's Body : Spain, 1560 -- Sons and daughters : France, 1560-1561 -- Home : France, 1560 -- Don Carlos : France and Spain, 1561 -- The test : France and Spain, 1561 -- The return : France, Spain, Scotland, England, 1561 -- Queen of faith : Scotland, France, Spain, 1561-1563 -- Catholic kings : Scotland, 1562-1565 -- Family affairs : France, on the border with Spain, 1565 -- The Queen's two bodies : Scotland and Spain, 1566 -- The birth of princes : Scotland and Spain, 1566-1567 -- The turn : France and Scotland, 1567 -- The prisoner : Lochleven Castle, Scotland, 1567 -- The death of a queen : Scotland, England, France and Spain, 1568 -- Last letters : Spain, France, and England, 1568 -- A daughter's love: Spain and France, 1568.
Subjects:
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Elizabeth, of France, Queen, consort of Philip II, King of Spain, 1545-1568.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
Queens -- Europe -- Biography.
Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1492-1648.
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Elizabeth, of France, Queen, consort of Philip II, King of Spain, 1545-1568.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
Queens -- Europe -- Biography.
Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1492-1648.
ISBN:
9780374294489
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HISTORY Europe Cha | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Europe Cha | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/22/2024) |
HISTORY Europe Cha | Southeast | New, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-471) and index.