Physical Description:xiii, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm. print
Publisher:New York : Simon & Schuster, c2004.
Content descriptions
General Note:
"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The royal wedding--The king and the mistress--The Renaissance King--Treachery and treason--Defeat and capture at Pavia--Imprisonment--The hostages--The young knight--The widow--Catherine's new world--The dauphin is dead--Long live the Dauphin--Emperor of deceit--Three in a marriage--The death of the Renaissance king--King Henri II--The king's mistress--Anet--A delicate domestic balance--Henri II at war--A cruel fate--Epilogue--Chronology--Bibliography--Index.
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