by Simone Bertière · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253138730
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«Les reines de France au temps des Valois. Le beau XVIe siècle» is the historical essay by Simone Bertière in paperback (Le Livre de Poche, in French).
Simone Bertière portrays the queens of France in the sixteenth century, foreign princesses married for reasons of state and relegated to the background in favour of their husbands' favourites. She brings back Anne of Brittany, Joan of France and Catherine de' Medici to show the craft of being queen, the female condition in ancien régime France.
First volume of the series Les Reines de France au temps des Valois; work originally published in 1994.
For readers interested in the history of France, the Renaissance and biographies of women in power.
