by Benedetta Craveri · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070379736
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«Reines et favorites: le pouvoir des femmes» is the historical essay by Benedetta Craveri, published by Gallimard in paperback (484 pages, in French).
It reconstructs the destinies of women of the French court who, between obedience and ambition, made their feminine condition an instrument of political influence. From Diane de Poitiers to Marie Antoinette, with Catherine de' Medici, Queen Margot, Madame de Pompadour and other court figures, it interweaves the small and the great history.
Work originally published in Italian as «Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne» (2005); French translation by Éliane Deschamps-Pria.
It will appeal to readers of French history and of the feminine condition, as well as to those who appreciate biographical portraits with a novelistic tone.
Adele Benedetta Craveri is an Italian literary critic, academic and writer.
