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Blood, Fire & Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I & Catherine de Medici 

byEstelle Paranque

A brilliant and beautifully written deep dive into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history. Blood, Fire & Gold combines biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of biography & autobiography and history, Blood, Fire & Gold explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter.

Publisher

Hachette Books

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780306830518