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Francis I - The Maker of Modern France, Leonie Frieda
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Titel
- Francis I - The Maker of Modern France
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Leonie Frieda
- Verlag
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 400
- ISBN10
- 1474601227
- ISBN13
- 9781474601221
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Historisches Thema, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Geschichte, Frankreich, Geschichte Europas, 16. Jahrhundert
- Bewertung
- 3,7 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 'A captivating biography ... This rollicking story is packed with anecdotes' The Times 'I can't suppose that there has been a better English biography of Francis, or indeed is likely to be one' Catholic Herald Francis I was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with. Bestselling historian Leonie Frieda's comprehensive and sympathetic account explores the life of the most human of all Renaissance monarchs - and the most enigmatic.