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04044aim a2200505Mi 4500 001 FE47DE20EA4011EDA3E935F65AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230504010033 007 sz zunznnnzneu 008 230109s2023 ohunnnn q b n eng d 020 $a 1668631520 020 $a 9781668631522 028 02 $a 44395 $b Playaway Products 035 $a (OCoLC)1369067119 040 $a PLAYA $b eng $e rda $c PLAYA $d GK8 $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a e------ 050 4 $a DA356 $b .P36 2023 082 04 $a 940.2/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Paranque, Estelle, $e author. 245 10 $a Blood, fire, and gold : $b the story of Elizabeth I & Catherine de Medici / $c Estelle Paranque. 260 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Playaway Products, LLC, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 Playaway audio media player (10.5 hours) : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches. 306 $a 103000 500 $a Title supplied by publisher. 500 $a Release date supplied by publisher. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 500 $a Previously released by Blackstone Audio. 511 0 $a Read by Anna Wilson-Jones. 520 $a A brilliant and beautifully written deep dive into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history.? Sixteenth-century Europe was a hostile world dominated by court politics and patriarchal structures, and yet against all odds, two women rose to power: Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. One a young Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a more experienced and clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these shrewd and strategic sovereigns. But though their individual legacies have been heavily scrutinized, nothing has been said of their complicated relationship--thirty years of camaraderie, competition, and conflict that forever changed the face of Europe. In Blood, Fire, and Gold, historian Estelle Paranque offers a new way of looking at two of history's most powerful women: through the eyes of the other. Drawing on their private correspondence and brand-new research, Paranque shows how Elizabeth and Catherine navigated through uncharted waters that both united and divided their kingdoms, maneuvering between opposing political, religious, and social objectives--all while maintaining unprecedented power over their respective domains. Though different in myriad ways, their fates and lives remained intertwined of the course of three decades, even as the European geo-politics repeatedly set them against one another. Whether engaged in bloody battles or peaceful accords, Elizabeth and Catherine admired the force and resilience of the other, while never forgetting that they were, first and foremost, each other's true rival. This is a story of two remarkable visionaries: a story of blood, fire, and gold. It is also a tale of ceaseless calculation, of love and rivalry, of war and wisdom, and--above all else--of the courage and sacrifice it takes to secure and sustain power as a woman in a male-dominated world. 521 $a Adult. 600 00 $a Elizabeth $b I, $c Queen of England, $d 1533-1603. 600 00 $a Catherine de MeÌdicis, $c Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, $d 1519-1589. 650 0 $a Queens $z Europe $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Women heads of state $z Europe $x History $y 16th century. 651 0 $a Europe $x Politics and government $y 1492-1648. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Wilson-Jones, Anna, $e narrator. 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Playaway Products, LLC., $e issuing body. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011642.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230504010334.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FE47DE20EA4011EDA3E935F65AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search