Nancy Goldstone is the author of Four Queens: The Proven al Sisters Who Ruled Europe; Joanna: The Notorious Queen of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily; The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon, The Rival Queens and Daughters of the Winter Queen. She lives in New York.Visit her website for more information: www.nancygoldstone.com.
A gripping tale of royal feuds and divided kingdoms
*AMANDA FOREMAN*
Goldstone upends conventional thought with this well-researched and
well-written book, arguing that Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589),
the French queen mother, was less Machiavellian in nature than
generally believed and that she reacted to geopolitical situations
with disastrous results for both her family and France ...
Goldstone's witty comments make this historical family drama as
easy to read as the best fiction, but it's all the more tragic for
being true
*PUBLISHERS WEEKLY*
This engrossing, action-packed narrative immerses readers in a
tumultuous period of European history
*LIBRARY JOURNAL*
A thrilling tale packed with historical details and shocking
revelations. Nancy Goldstone writes with cinematic clarity and
vividly brings to life two indomitable women whose ambitions
changed the course of European history
*IVANA LOWELL*
Nancy Goldstone leads her reader with a very sure hand through the
most dramatic events of Renaissance France. Her narrative is so
gripping that THE RIVALS unfolds like a thriller
*ANKA MUHLSTEIN*
One of the challenges facing any historian of this period is the
sheer profusion of themes that need to be handled ... What makes
Goldstone's biography so enjoyable is that she manages, thanks to
the clarity of her presentation, to lead readers through this
labyrinth with a sure and steady hand ... She is a popular
historian whose writing is based on very serious research, with a
gift for telling the most complicated tale in vivid, accessible
prose
*NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS*
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