The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
por Goldstone, Nancy
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802716709
- ISBN 13
- 9780802716705
- Livreiro
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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New York: Walker & Company, 2009. 365 pages, [8] leaves of plates, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to boards. Stated First U.S. edition. Fine DJ. "The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial--and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle A ges. On March 15, 1348, Joanna I , Queen of Naples, stood trial for her life before the Pope and his court in Avignon. She was twenty-two years old. Her cousin and husband, Prince Andrew of Hungary, had recently been murdered, and Joanna was the chief suspect. Determined to defend herself--Joanna won her acquittal against enormous odds. Returning to Naples, she ruled over one of Europes most prestigious courts for more than thirty years--until she was herself murdered. As courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name. She was notorious: The taint of her husbands death never quite left her. But she was also widely admired: Dedicated to the welfare of her subjects and realm, she reduced crime, built hospitals and churches, and encouraged the licensing of women physicians. While a procession of the most important artists and writers of her day found patronage at her glittering court, the turmoil of her times swirled around her: war, plague, intrigue, and the treachery that would, ultimately, bring her down. As she did in her acclaimed Four Queens, Nancy Goldstone takes us back to the turbulent and colorful Middle Ages, and with skill and passion brings fully to life one of historys most remarkable women. Her research is impeccable, her eye for detail unerring, and in The Lady Queen she paints a captivating portrait of medieval royalty in all its incandescent complexity. / Nancy Goldstone is the author of Four Queens: The Proven al Sisters Who Ruled Europe and coauthor (with her husband Lawrence Goldstone) of five books, including Out of the Flames, The Friar and the Cipher, and Warmly Inscribed. She lives in Westport, Connecticut." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Livreiro
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 102284
- Título
- The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
- Autor
- Goldstone, Nancy
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Fine
- Edição
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0802716709
- ISBN 13
- 9780802716705
- Editorial
- Walker & Company
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 2009
- Dimensão
- 8vo
- Palavras-chave
- COLLECTIBLE
- Catálogos de livreiros
- European / Italian; XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 3. Medieval / Gothic;
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