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Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe

by Sarah Gristwood

Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781541697225