02328nam 2200481 450 991078892390332120200520144314.01-77651-260-X(CKB)3710000000060036(EBL)583228(OCoLC)668054472(MiAaPQ)EBC583228(Au-PeEL)EBL583228(CaPaEBR)ebr10796795(EXLCZ)99371000000006003620131205h18412010 uy 1engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCatherine de' Medici /Honore de Balzac ; translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley[Auckland, New Zealand] :The Floating Press,1841.20101 online resource (501 p.)Description based upon print version of record.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 DreamsEndnotesBalzac'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.QueensFranceFictionFrench fictionTranslations into EnglishQueensFrench fiction823.914Balzac Honore de1799-1850.384773Wormeley Katharine PrescottMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788923903321Catherine de' Medici3804668UNINA