Madame, a Life of Henrietta, Daughter of Charles I. and Duchess of Orleans, (1900) [Leather Bound]

by Julia Cartwright Ady

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1900. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. 452 Madame, a life of Henrietta, daughter of Charles I. and duchess of Orleans, Ady, Julia Mary (Cartwright), Mrs.

Genres: Nonfiction

452 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (née Cartwright) ) was an English art critic and a historian of the Italian Renaissance.

Reviews

[History Buff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very long and detailed biography, with transcriptions of a large number of letters from Charles II to Henrietta that apparently hadn't been printed before. It's a bit dated, and is written in an older style of writing that isn't quite as stylish and opinionated as modern biographies tend to be, but in spite of that I really enjoyed it. The ending is devastatingly sad, but given that Henrietta had the worst husband in France and was stuck married to him for life, you might be left feeling that she had a merciful escape. Given how terrible her health was, it's apparently a wonder she lived as long as she did.