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Catherine de Medici

Renaissance Queen of France

By: Leonie Frieda

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Catherine de Medici

Renaissance Queen of France

By: Leonie Frieda

Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds -- from a troubled childhood in Florence to her marriage to Henry, son of King Francis I of France; from her transformation of French culture to her fight to protect her throne and her sons' birthright. Based on thousands of private letters, it is a remarkable account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown.

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Harper Collins

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0060744936

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9780060744939

The Deadly Sisterhood

A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527

By: Leonie Frieda

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The Deadly Sisterhood

A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527

By: Leonie Frieda

From Leonie Frieda, critically acclaimed biographer of Catherine de Medici, comes The Deadly Sisterhood: an epic tale of eight women whose lives—marked by fortune and poverty, power and powerlessness—encompass the spectacle, opportunity, and depravity of Italy’s Renaissance. Lucrezia Turnabuoni, Clarice Orsini, Beatrice d’Este, Isabella d’Este, Caterina Sforza, Giulia Farnese, Isabella d’Aragona, and Lucrezia Borgia shared the riches of their birthright: wealth, political influence, and friendship, but none were not exempt from personal tragedies, exile, and poverty. With riveting narrative, Leonie Frieda’s The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427–1527 brings to life a long-gone era filled with intrigue, corruption, and passion.

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Harper Perennial

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006156320X

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9780061563201

Francis I

The Maker of Modern France

By: Leonie Frieda

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Francis I

The Maker of Modern France

By: Leonie Frieda

Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with. Bestselling historian Leonie Frieda's comprehensive and sympathetic account explores the life of the most human of all Renaissance monarchs - and the most enigmatic.

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434

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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1474605583

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9781474605588

Catherine de Medici

Now the major TV series THE SERPENT QUEEN

By: Leonie Frieda

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Catherine de Medici

Now the major TV series THE SERPENT QUEEN

By: Leonie Frieda

SOON TO BE THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON The bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th century Orphaned in infancy, Catherine de Medici was the sole legitimate heiress to the Medici family fortune. Married at fourteen to the future Henri II of France, she was constantly humiliated by his influential mistress Diane de Poitiers. When her husband died as a result of a duelling accident in Paris, Catherine was made queen regent during the short reign of her eldest son (married to Mary Queen of Scots and like many of her children he died young). When her second son became king she was the power behind the throne. She nursed dynastic ambitions, but was continually drawn into political and religious intrigues between Catholics and Protestants that plagued France for much of the later part of her life. It had always been said that she was implicated in the notorious Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, together with the king and her third son who succeeded to the throne in 1574, but was murdered. Her political influence waned, but she survived long enough to ensure the succession of her son-in-law who had married her daughter Margaret.

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600

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Hachette UK

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1780222602

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9781780222608

Francis I

The Maker of Modern France

By: Leonie Frieda

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The Maker of Modern France

By: Leonie Frieda

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Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice

Challenges for Orthodox Women and the Church

By: Leonie B. Liveris

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Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice

Challenges for Orthodox Women and the Church

By: Leonie B. Liveris

This book explores the struggling genesis of a women's movement in the Orthodox Church through the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century at a time when militant conservatism is emerging in Orthodox countries and fundamentalism in the diaspora. Offering an understanding of the participation of women in the Orthodox Church, particularly during the 50 years of the membership of the Orthodox churches in the World Council of Churches, this book contributes to the ongoing debates and feminist analysis of women's participation, ministry and sexuality in the life and practice of the Church universal. The book reveals both the positive contributions to ecumenism and the difficulties confronting Orthodox women wishing to participate more fully in the leadership and ministry of their church.

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Routledge

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1351958453

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9781351958455

Book's by Leonie Frieda

Catherine de Medici

Catherine de Medici

The Deadly Sisterhood

The Deadly Sisterhood

Francis I

Francis I

Catherine de Medici

Catherine de Medici

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Francis I

Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice

Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice

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