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A review by not_another_ana
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
informative
slow-paced
3.75
I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher
This book follows the life of three queens using their family connection as a starting point and a way to string together the narrative. We meet Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary Queen of Scots, the three of them queens with interesting and tumultuous lives. The author does their best to present the historical facts through the situations these women found themselves in and showcase their limited power in a man's world.
I quite liked this book, I think it was a good way to explore women's lives in politics during this time in history. I didn't know much about any of them, so this worked very well as an introduction to these historical figures. I do think that if you already know a lot about this period and these queens you might not find it interesting since it balances all of them as well as it can, never giving one too much prominence. This book can get a little tricky to read at times, with the jumps between queens and situations, and I do feel like some aspects could have been examinated further.
This book follows the life of three queens using their family connection as a starting point and a way to string together the narrative. We meet Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary Queen of Scots, the three of them queens with interesting and tumultuous lives. The author does their best to present the historical facts through the situations these women found themselves in and showcase their limited power in a man's world.
I quite liked this book, I think it was a good way to explore women's lives in politics during this time in history. I didn't know much about any of them, so this worked very well as an introduction to these historical figures. I do think that if you already know a lot about this period and these queens you might not find it interesting since it balances all of them as well as it can, never giving one too much prominence. This book can get a little tricky to read at times, with the jumps between queens and situations, and I do feel like some aspects could have been examinated further.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Religious bigotry and War