The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2

by Julia Pardoe

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Genres: Nonfiction

460 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

Julia Pardoe was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveler. Her most popular work, The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks (1837), presented the Turkish upper class with sympathy and humanity.

Reviews

[T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A different view of Marie de Medicis and a very sad one. Really shows the dissipation of the French court and the incompetence and the vagaries of the kings.