The Life of Marie de Medicis (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Biography of the Queen of France (Complete Edition)By Miss Pardoe
Length31h 55m
About this audiobook
The Life of Marie de Medicis (Vol. 1-3) is an expansive historical biography that reconstructs the turbulent career of the Florentine princess who became queen consort of Henri IV, regent of France, and a formidable participant in Bourbon politics. Written in a richly furnished nineteenth-century prose style, the work blends court chronicle, political narrative, and moral portraiture, situating Marie amid assassination, factional intrigue, dynastic anxiety, and the rise of Richelieu. Its literary context is the Victorian appetite for documentary history rendered with dramatic immediacy. Miss Pardoe, the pen name of Julia Pardoe, was an accomplished English historian, poet, and travel writer whose works often explored continental courts and female sovereignty. Her familiarity with French culture, archival materials, and the social textures of aristocratic life enabled her to treat Marie not merely as a scandalous or ineffectual queen, but as a woman constrained by marriage politics, maternal ambition, foreignness, and the volatile machinery of monarchy. This biography is recommended to readers interested in early modern France, women in power, and the narrative art of nineteenth-century historiography. Though shaped by the assumptions of its age, it remains valuable for its breadth, elegance, and sustained attention to the human passions behind public events.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (21)
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length31 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Annotated)
19CHAPTER VII
2Volume 1
20CHAPTER VIII
3CHAPTER I
21CHAPTER IX
4CHAPTER II
22CHAPTER X
5CHAPTER III
23Volume 3
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6CHAPTER IV (pt. 1)
24CHAPTER I
7CHAPTER IV (pt. 2)
25CHAPTER II
8CHAPTER V
26CHAPTER III
9CHAPTER VI
27CHAPTER IV
10CHAPTER VII
28CHAPTER V
11CHAPTER VIII
29CHAPTER VI
12Volume 2
30CHAPTER VII
13CHAPTER I
31CHAPTER VIII
14CHAPTER II
32CHAPTER IX
15CHAPTER III
33CHAPTER X
16CHAPTER IV
34CHAPTER XI
17CHAPTER V
35CHAPTER XII
18CHAPTER VI
36CHAPTER XIII
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