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Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143113256)
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xFor fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser, acclaimed author Nancy Goldstone's thrilling history of the royal daughters who succeeded in ruling--and shaping--thirteenth-century Europe
Set against the backdrop of the thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, troubadors, knights and monarchs, Four Queens is the story of four provocative sisters--Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice of Provence--who rose from near obscurity to become the most coveted and powerful women in Europe. Each sister in this extraordinary family was beautiful, cultured, and accomplished but what made these women so remarkable was that each became queen of a principal European power--France, England, Germany and Sicily. During their reigns, they exercised considerable political authority, raised armies, intervened diplomatically and helped redraw the map of Europe. Theirs is a drama of courage, sagacity and ambition that re-examines the concept of leadership in the Middle Ages.
Author: Nancy Goldstone
ISBN-10: 0143113259
ISBN-13: 9780143113256
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.52w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/06/2008 pg. 24
Set against the backdrop of the thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, troubadors, knights and monarchs, Four Queens is the story of four provocative sisters--Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice of Provence--who rose from near obscurity to become the most coveted and powerful women in Europe. Each sister in this extraordinary family was beautiful, cultured, and accomplished but what made these women so remarkable was that each became queen of a principal European power--France, England, Germany and Sicily. During their reigns, they exercised considerable political authority, raised armies, intervened diplomatically and helped redraw the map of Europe. Theirs is a drama of courage, sagacity and ambition that re-examines the concept of leadership in the Middle Ages.
Author: Nancy Goldstone
ISBN-10: 0143113259
ISBN-13: 9780143113256
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.52w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/06/2008 pg. 24
By Nancy Goldstone
xNancy Goldstone has a passion for medieval history and old and rare books. She is the author most recently of three works of non-fiction examining the role of high born women in the Middle Ages: Four Queens, The Maid and the Queen, and The Lady Queen. She and her husband have also written three acclaimed humorous memoirs on their experiences in the world of rare and antiquarian books: Used and Rare, Slightly Chipped, and Warmly Inscribed.
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