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Anne and Charles: Passion and Politics in Late Medieval France

08 Monday Jan 2018

Posted by rozsagaston in female rulers, French culture, girls, girls role model, History, Love, Relationships, Renaissance, role model, women

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Anne de Bretagne, Anne of Brittany, avant la lettre feminist, book, Breton ruler, brittany queen, charles viii, de bretagne, duchess, France, Louis XII

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Kirkus review blurbANNE AND CHARLES

Passion and Politics in Late Medieval France: The Story of Anne of Brittany’s Marriage to Charles VIII

Book One of the Anne of Brittany Series

by Rozsa Gaston

Publication date: Jan. 22, 2018
Publisher: Renaissance Editions
357 pps.
eBook, paperback, audiobook by Tantor Media coming spring 2018

A historically sharp and dramatically stirring love story. — Kirkus Reviews

A historical dramatization of the 15th-century marriage between Anne of Brittany and Charles VIII of France.

Upon the death of Anne’s father, Duke Francis II, she becomes the ruler of Brittany at the tender age of 11. Determined not to have her authority usurped by meddling advisers or foreign powers, she searches for a suitable husband whose allegiance will bring peace and security to Brittany. She’s offered protection—as well as condolences—by King Charles VIII of France, but she rejects his offer as an imperialist scheme to gain…

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