The Rival Queens
Catherine De' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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.
Contents:
Part I. 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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.
Subjects:
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615.
Queens -- France -- Biography.
Nobility -- France -- Biography.
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615.
Queens -- France -- Biography.
Nobility -- France -- Biography.
ISBN:
0316409650
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index.