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100 1 $aGoldstone, Nancy Bazelon,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe rival queens :$bCatherine De' Medici, her daughter Marguerite De Valois, and the betrayal that ignited a kingdom /$cNancy Goldtone.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown, and Company,$c2015.
300 $a434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index.
505 0 $aPart 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.
520 $aGoldstone 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.
600 00 $aCatherine de Médicis,$cQueen, consort of Henry II, King of France,$d1519-1589.
600 00 $aMarguerite,$cQueen, consort of Henry IV, King of France,$d1553-1615.
650 0 $aQueens$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aNobility$zFrance$vBiography.
655 7 $aBiographies.$2lcgft
852 00 $bglx$hDC119.8$i.G65 2015