LEADER 02328nam 2200481 450 001 9910788923903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-77651-260-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000060036 035 $a(EBL)583228 035 $a(OCoLC)668054472 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC583228 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL583228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10796795 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000060036 100 $a20131205h18412010 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCatherine de' Medici /$fHonore de Balzac ; translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley 210 1$a[Auckland, New Zealand] :$cThe Floating Press,$d1841. 210 4$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. 606 $aQueens$zFrance$vFiction 606 $aFrench fiction$vTranslations into English 615 0$aQueens 615 0$aFrench fiction 676 $a823.914 700 $aBalzac$b Honore de$f1799-1850.$0384773 702 $aWormeley$b Katharine Prescott 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788923903321 996 $aCatherine de' Medici$93804668 997 $aUNINA