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Catherine De Medici

by Honoré de Balzac

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  1. Introduction: Part One

    40:49

  2. Introduction: Part Two

    41:54

  3. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr I: A House Which No Longer Exists

    40:05

  4. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr II: The Burghers

    23:29

  5. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr III: The Chateau de Blois

    24:02

  6. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr IV: The Queen Mother

    23:50

  7. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr V: The Court

    31:27

  8. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr VI: The Little Lever of Francois II

    23:43

  9. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr VII: A Drama in a Surcoat

    17:05

  10. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr VIII: Martyrdom

    24:59

  11. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr IX: The Tumult at Amboise

    25:58

  12. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr X: Cosmo Ruggiero

    27:46

  13. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr XI: Ambroise Pare

    18:56

  14. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr XII: The Death of Francois II

    19:55

  15. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr XIII: Calvin

    37:51

  16. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr XIV: Catherine in Power

    28:55

  17. Book One: The Calvinist Martyr XIV: Compensation

    28:37

  18. Book Two: The Secrets of the Ruggieri I: The Court under Charles IX

    24:52

  19. Book Two: The Secrets of the Ruggieri II: Schemes against Schemes

    51:22

  20. Book Two: The Secrets of the Ruggieri III: Marie Touchet

    24:16

  21. Book Two: The Secrets of the Ruggieri IV: The King's Tale

    17:20

  22. Book Two: The Secrets of the Ruggieri V: The Alchemists

    35:41

  23. Book Three: Two Dreams

    29:32

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Royal reputation is the starting point for Balzac’s account of Catherine de Medici and the struggles surrounding the French crown. His introduction challenges the way popular stories become accepted history, arguing that Catherine’s political ability has been obscured by hostile accounts. The work places her among rival families, religious reformers and rulers competing for authority in sixteenth-century France.

Historical argument gives way to scenes of court confrontation. At Orleans, the Guises impose military discipline while members of the States-general gather, and the Prince de Conde faces a royal summons whose promise of safety becomes a matter of public dispute. Dialogue, gestures and ceremonial rank reveal the pressure beneath official courtesies. Readers interested in French historical fiction will find both a forcefully stated interpretation of Catherine and a close attention to how power appears in rooms, letters and encounters.

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist whose vast Human Comedy, a connected series of novels and stories, is a monument of literary realism and one of the great achievements of world literature.

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