LEADER 01968nam 22003613u 450 001 9910464530203321 005 20210114014358.0 010 $a1-77651-260-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000060036 035 $a(EBL)583228 035 $a(OCoLC)668054472 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC583228 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000060036 100 $a20140804d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aCatherine de' Medici$b[electronic resource] 210 $aAuckland $cThe Floating Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (501 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aTitle; 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 327 $aEndnotes 330 $aBalzac'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. 608 $aElectronic books. 700 $aBalzac$b Honore? de$f1799-1850.$0384773 701 $aWormeley$b Katharine Prescott$0829779 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464530203321 996 $aCatherine de' Medici$92079899 997 $aUNINA