ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1968 this book is an unforgettable portrait of an impoverished orphaned daughter of the Medici, pitchforked at the age of fourteen into her royal destiny and having to bear the rivalry of Diane de Poiters and the description ‘the Florentine shopkeeper’ who nevertheless became one of the most powerful characters in the shaping of sixteenth century Europe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|103 pages
Youth and Humility
part II|88 pages
The Accession
part III|203 pages
The Royal Tragedy
part IV|61 pages
The Solitude of Evening