Francis I the maker of modern France
Catherine de Medici's father-in-law, King Francis of France, was the perfect Renaissance knight, the movement's exemplar and its Gallic interpreter. An aesthete, diplomat par excellence, and contemporary of Machiavelli, Francis was the founder of modern France, whose sheer force of will an...
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New York, NY
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
[2018]
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| Ausgabe: | First U.S. edition |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- A prophecy fulfilled
- A game of thrones
- "The King never dies"
- Swimming in French blood
- A good and honest man
- A new King of France
- The end of ambition
- The field of the cloth of gold
- Consequences
- The enemy within
- Nothing remains save honour
- The King without a country
- A King restored
- A reversal of fortune
- Violent beginnings and peaceful ends
- A trio of marriages
- Allies of necessity
- Friendships old and new
- God governs the hearts of men
- "In spite of these wretched backbiters"
- Salvation and redemption
- "Tears and continual lamentations"
- Epilogue