A BBC History magazine Book of the Year and an amazon.com Best Book of the Month As religion divided sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary group of women rose to power. They governed nations while kings fought in foreign lands. They ruled on behalf of nephews, brothers and sons. They negotiated peace between their warring nations. For decades, they ran Europe. Small wonder that it was in this century that the queen became the most powerful piece on the chessboard. From mother to daughter and mentor to prot�g�e, ...
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A BBC History magazine Book of the Year and an amazon.com Best Book of the Month As religion divided sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary group of women rose to power. They governed nations while kings fought in foreign lands. They ruled on behalf of nephews, brothers and sons. They negotiated peace between their warring nations. For decades, they ran Europe. Small wonder that it was in this century that the queen became the most powerful piece on the chessboard. From mother to daughter and mentor to prot�g�e, Sarah Gristwood follows the passage of power from Isabella of Castile and Anne de Beaujeu through Anne Boleyn - the woman who tipped England into religious reform - and on to Elizabeth I and Jeanne d'Albret, heroine of the Protestant Reformation. Unravelling a gripping historical narrative, Gristwood reveals the stories of the queens who had, until now, been overshadowed by kings.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Black cloth covers, with gold lettering on spine in a black dust jacket with color portraits on front cover and gold lettering. The book is in very good condition with a couple of top page edges slightly crimped and slight soiling to page fore edges. The contents are tight and clean. The dust jacket is in good plus condition with slight soiling and a bit of shelf wear to the edges.; All-in-all, a nice copy, signed by the author in pen on the title page.; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 374 pages; The author documents the extraordinary influence held by 16 women in positions of power, either as queens, consorts or thinkers during the sixteenth century in Europe. Included are family trees, a chronology and a who's who of queens.; Signed by Author.