The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France 2 Volume Set

This two-volume work by the historian Julia Pardoe (1804-62) was published in 1849. (Her bestselling account of life in Turkey and her biography of Marie de Medici are both also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) Pardoe began writing poetry and novels, but later turned to non-fiction, especially travel narratives and historical biography. In this work, she attempts to remove the accretions of myth which have clung to Francis I and to his court. Noting the tendency of French historians to glorify the monarchs of the distant past, she observes: 'it is only by reference to the more confidential records and correspondence of the period' that the modern historian can arrive at 'a just estimate of the character and motives of the sovereign'. Volume 1 begins with Francis' accession, and ends with the death of Bayard in 1524, and Volume 2 takes the story to Francis's death in 1547.
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An aparitie	2014
Autor	Julia Pardoe
Dimensiuni	7.6 x 14.6 x 21.6 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108074476
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	1212