The First Bourbon: Henri IV, King of France and Navarre by Desmond Seward

The First Bourbon: Henri IV, King of France and Navarre

Desmond Seward

254 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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The founder of the Bourbon dynasty, Henry IV, who ruled France from 1589 to 1610, is the most romantic of French kings. Very different from his grandson Louis XIV, he was a hard-fighting, hard swearing Southerner, who fought over 200 battles and h...

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