Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici

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Blood, Fire and Gold underscores the brilliance of these two women, who shaped and were in turn shaped by each other, their strength and political acumen forging a legacy for future queens. Catherine de Medici was the daughter of Lorenzo II de Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeline de La Tour, d’Auvergne. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around December 6, 2022. I actually listened to the audiobook, narrated by Anna Wilson-Jones and she was brilliant, especially with the French pronunciations.

The author has a lot of talent and I will keep an eye on her to see if she publishes any more novels. From the bestselling author of Normandy ’44 and Sicily ’43 comes the untold story of the Sherwood Rangers. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. More importantly, readers will leave with a sense that they know and understand the person behind the power. There is background on the reigns of Queen Mary of England and Catherine’s role as a queen mother in the administrations of her sons.

Tai 4 ⭐️ už iššūkį perrašyti šaltinius dabartine anglų kalba ir patraukliai pasakoti apie galingiausias XVI a. From honouree mother-daughter to friends to equals to rivals and sometimes enemies, these two powerful and extraordinary women were the real rivals to each other and their influence, power and struggles dominated the later part of the 16th century. The sources of some of the speeches and letters are footnoted, but most are not, and in those cases it seems to me that the author has invented dialogue, pauses, and facial gestures like smiles; and then the book reads like a novel.

Paranque describes at length the lives of the two women before they interacted; and, even after that time; she will describe in great detail events such as, for example, the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. Blood, Fire and Gold is a must-read for anyone interested in not only Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, but anyone interested in studies of female power more generally!

Sixteenth-century Europe was a hostile world dominated by court politics and patriarchal structures, and yet against all odds, two women rose to power: Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. Instead we are asked to believe that perhaps Elizabeth might actually marry a French king, or that the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots left Elizabeth “seemingly dumbfounded” and was due to “exhaustion and panic,” not her perfectly honed instinct for survival.