‘A captivating biography … This rollicking story is packed with anecdotes’ The Times’I can’t suppose that there has been a better English biography of Francis, or indeed is likely to be one’ Catholic HeraldFrancis I was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with. Bestselling historian Leonie Frieda’s comprehensive and sympathetic account explores the life of the most human of all Renaissance monarchs – and the most enigmatic.]]>
FRANCIS I: THE MAKER OF MODERN FRANCE
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The Maker of Modern France
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