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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464530203321

Autore

Balzac HonoreĢ de <1799-1850.>

Titolo

Catherine de' Medici [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2010

ISBN

1-77651-260-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (501 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WormeleyKatharine Prescott

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; PART I - THE CALVINIST MARTYR; I - A House Which No Longer Exists; II - The Burghers; III - The Chateau de Blois; IV - The Queen-Mother; V - The Court; VI - The Little Lever of Francois II; VII - A Drama in a Surcoat; VIII - Martyrdom; IX - The Tumult at Amboise; X - Cosmo Ruggiero; XI - Ambroise Pare; XII - Death of Francois II; XIII - Calvin; XIV - Catherine in Power; XV - Compensation; PART II - THE SECRETS OF THE RUGGIERI; II - Schemes Against Schemes; III - Marie Touchet; IV - The King's Tale; V - The Alchemists; PART III; I - Two Dreams

Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

Balzac's La Comedie Humaine was a story cycle comprising more than 100 novels and stories. Although most of these works are set in nineteenth-century France, several hearken back to earlier periods. Catherine de' Medici centers on the life of the woman born into an aristocratic family in medieval Italy who went on to become Queen consort and, later, regent of France.