★Winner of the Publishers Weekly 2018 BookLife Prize in the General Fiction category.★Finalist, 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards in the Fiction Series category"A masterpiece that paints an extraordinary emotional and political vision of its times. Satisfying, educational, and hard to put down.”—Midwest Book Review“Dramatically engrossing and historically searching.”—Kirkus ReviewsAnne, Duchess of Brittany, is the love of King Louis XII of France’s life. Too bad he’s already married. While his annulment proceedings create Europe’s most sensational scandal of 1498, Anne returns to Brittany to take back control of her duchy that her late husband, Charles VIII, King of France, had wrested from her.At age 21, Anne is sovereign ruler of Brittany as well as Europe’s most wealthy widow. But can she maintain Brittany’s independence from France if she accepts Louis’ offer to make her Queen of France once more?With Italian arrivals to the French court from Cesare Borgia to Niccolò Machiavelli, Anne and Louis’ story unfolds as the feudal era gives way to the dawn of the Renaissance. Their love for each other tested by conflicting duties to their respective countries, the two rulers struggle to navigate a collision course that will reshape the map of sixteenth-century Europe.Book Two of the award-winning Anne of Brittany Series, the gripping tale of a larger than life queen.
✔ Author(s): Rozsa Gaston
✔ Title: Anne and Louis: Passion and Politics in Early Renaissance France: The First Years of Anne of Brittany's Marriage to Louis XII (Anne of Brittany Series)
✔ Rating : 4.2 out of 5 base on (388 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 0984790683
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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