Catherine de' Medici by Honoré de Balzac

Catherine de' Medici

La Comédie Humaine #83

Honoré de Balzac with Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Translator)

302 pages first pub 1841 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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This novel offers a fresh look at Catherine de' Medici's life and an unbiased view of her motives as a power-broker, politician, wife and mother. The first and main part of the book is a narrative of an idealistic young Calvinist who eagerly parti...

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