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Touts sortes de preparatifs a la guerre se font, et ne se parle a la Cour que de guerre; et pour rendre mon frere plus irreconciliable avec les huguenots, le roi le fait chef d'une de ses armees.

As the saying goes, keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your brothers closest of all! - the three persons here were siblings

I absolutely adore this book: the first autobiography written by a woman. And such a notable woman! The level of education of a woman of her class almost 500 years ago is staggering. History written by a woman is vastly more interesting (intrigue, relationships, and yes, battles of historical. Its - but always with the why and the wherefore) than the way it is normally recounted (tales of men, battles, warfare).

the level of SELF-REFLECTION! imagine!