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Η βασίλισσα Μαργκό
Η φλογερή Μαργαρίτα των Βαλουά κι αργότερα της Ναβάρας έζησε μια μυθιστορηματική ζωή. Βέβαια, όπως είπε χαρακτηριστικά ο Ρονσάρ, "ήταν ευέξαπτη και γεμάτη ανυπομονησία" και μπορούν δικαιολογημένα να διατυπωθούν πολλές επικρίσεις για τις πολιτικές της ίντριγκες. Όμως εκείνη που αποκαλέστηκε "θεά του αιώνα της" θάμπωσε με την εξυπνάδα, την πολυμάθεια και την αγάπη της για τα λατινικά και την ποίηση όλους όσοι γνώρισαν τον τρόπο που ζούσε και που αγαπούσε. Ακόμη κι ο Μπραντόμ ερωτεύτηκε την όμορφη Μαργκό, που -όπως έλεγε- ήταν "τόσο ωραία, όσο τίποτε άλλο στον κόσμο". Και οι πολυάριθμοι εραστές της όμως ήταν απόλυτα σύμφωνοι μαζί του!... Εραστές, πολλοί από τους οποίους δολοφονήθηκαν και εκτελέστηκαν - μάλιστα δυο απ' αυτούς ξεψύχησαν μέσα στην αγκαλιά της...
Έχοντας πολεμήσει εναντίον του αδελφού της Ερρίκου του ΙΙΙ και του άντρα της Ερρίκου του ΙV, φυλακισμένη για δεκαεννιά χρόνια στον Ισόν, αυτή τη φρικτή αετοφωλιά της Οβέρν, η Μαργκό, δοσμένη στον έρωτα και τον πόλεμο, υπήρξε αναμφίβολα η πιο εκπληκτική πριγκίπισσα της ιστορίας της Γαλλίας.
Έχοντας πολεμήσει εναντίον του αδελφού της Ερρίκου του ΙΙΙ και του άντρα της Ερρίκου του ΙV, φυλακισμένη για δεκαεννιά χρόνια στον Ισόν, αυτή τη φρικτή αετοφωλιά της Οβέρν, η Μαργκό, δοσμένη στον έρωτα και τον πόλεμο, υπήρξε αναμφίβολα η πιο εκπληκτική πριγκίπισσα της ιστορίας της Γαλλίας.
323 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1845
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André Castelot
246 books12 followersAndré Castelot, born André Storms was a French writer, historian and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
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November 23, 2025
Actual rating 1.5 stars
Objectively this book hardly deserves even two stars, for it repeats many myths and unreliable stories about Marguerite de Valois and her family, her husband and relatives.
But I had some reasons for rounding up my rating. At least the author doesn’t try to make Marguerite look good at the expense of the others. Also, he doesn’t make her anti-heroine, blaming her for everything in which she failed.
In short, he just reiterates the old tales and unverified and more than dubious rumors about the leading figures of that period in history.
I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, but there’re worse and more biased books than this one.
Objectively this book hardly deserves even two stars, for it repeats many myths and unreliable stories about Marguerite de Valois and her family, her husband and relatives.
But I had some reasons for rounding up my rating. At least the author doesn’t try to make Marguerite look good at the expense of the others. Also, he doesn’t make her anti-heroine, blaming her for everything in which she failed.
In short, he just reiterates the old tales and unverified and more than dubious rumors about the leading figures of that period in history.
I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, but there’re worse and more biased books than this one.
August 24, 2017
Tipico esempio di biografia romanzata del tutto inutile sia per lo studioso (a me che facevo la tesi su quell'epoca non servì quasi a nulla) sia per il lettore che voglia farsi un'idea di un personaggio e del suo mondo.
Mancano le fonti, i fatti sono indistinguibili dalle opinioni dei protagonisti e queste ultime da quelle dell'autore. Tanto vale leggersi l'omonimo romanzo di Dumas, cosa che ho fatto salvo trovarlo illeggibile.
Mancano le fonti, i fatti sono indistinguibili dalle opinioni dei protagonisti e queste ultime da quelle dell'autore. Tanto vale leggersi l'omonimo romanzo di Dumas, cosa che ho fatto salvo trovarlo illeggibile.
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