Doomed queens

by Waldherr, Kris

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Title Statements

Full title :Doomed queens / Kris Waldherr.

Summary

Illicit love, madness, betrayal-- it isn't always good to be the queen.

This volume charts centuries of regal backstabbing and intrigue. Readers meet well-known figures like Catherine of Aragon, whose happy marriage to Henry VIII ended prematurely when it became clear that she was a starter wife -- the first of six. Readers also meet forgotten queens like Amalasuntha, the notoriously literate Ostrogoth princess who overreached politically and was strangled in her bath. While their ends were bleak, these queens did not die without purpose. Their unfortunate lives are colorful cautionary tales for today's would-be power brokers -- a legacy of worldly and womanly wisdom gathered one spectacular regal ruin at a time. This book is a chronicle of the trials and tribulations of queens across the ages.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Broadway Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:176 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780767928991, 0767928997
oclc:ocn228632569
LC Classification:D107.3
Dewey Decimal:920.72

The doomed queen in history: a time line -- Biblical times and beyond -- Dancing in the Dark Ages -- Middle age crisis -- Renaissance revels -- Go baroque -- Semimodern times and more -- Are you a doomed queen?

Subjects

Biographies Biography Doodsoorzaken Empresses Empresses -- Biography Impératrices -- Biographies Königin Koninginnen (vorstinnen) Queens Queens -- Biography Reines -- Biographies Scheitern